Well unfortunately I believe there is no simple cure for emphysema, other than maybe a lung transplant. To control humidity, buy one or two dehumidifiers and put one maybe in his room and another in the kitchen or something, these suck the water vapor out of the air. If he caught emphysema from smoking, he needs to quit immideatly as once he quits the emphysema will progress MUCH slower than if he still smoked. That's all i've got hope it helps some. Good luck


Eklipse

I agree. You could get a dehumidifier or two. Make sure he does not smoke, and make sure no one around him smokes. As far as the other stuff goes, I think talking to his doctor would be your best bet.

I have COPD/Severe,Emphysema etc. from a near drowning accident in 1987 and have gotten a lot worse over the years and there is not much you can really do except as said above (lung transplant etc) but there are a few things that sometimes help keep people comfortable,but the best thing for humidity (hot days,humid etc.) is A/C the best thing,I would die without our A/C we can not go anywhere without it in the vehicle and cant go anywhere that doesnt have it like stores etc. but I pretty much go from my A/C house to A/C car to more A/C places if I have things to do on those days or stay inside in my Air conditioned house on those humid days! its not fun at all! it feels like someone sitiing on you and witha pillow over your house and in an oven all at the same time,take it from someone with 25 % of lungs that work.and Im as close to a transplant as you can get pretty much but still too scared to take even a leap to be on a list! but anyway stay in A/C on humid days! thats the best thing anyone including doctors will tell you. Good luck!!! take care

My mother has emphysema and is on oxygen. The oxygen helps her very much. Without it she can't get enough oxygen to her organs. A breathing excercise she does often is to try to slowly blow out all the air out of her lungs several times a day. With emphysema the real problem is the lungs hold the air in and don't push it out well to breath in new fresh air. Hummidity bothers her as well. Air conditioning helps.