David Lynch emphysema battle: Experts reveal little-known warning signs of the debilitating lung condition as Twin Peaks director claims he's housebound due to symptoms... so could YOU be at risk?

David Lynch emphysema battle: Experts reveal little-known warning signs of the debilitating lung condition as Twin Peaks director claims he's housebound due to symptoms...

so could YOU be at risk? READ MORE: David Lynch can no longer direct films due to emphysema By Barney Calman Head Of Health For Mailonline Published: 12:34, 6 August 2024 | Updated: 12:44, 6 August 2024 e-mail View comments Cult film director David Lynch revealed this week he is now housebound due to debilitating lung disease emphysema — so he's no longer able to appear on set. The 78-year-old Hollywood legend is battling severe breathlessness, one of the key symptoms of the condition, and claimed: 'I can’t go out. And I can only walk a short distance before I’m out of oxygen.

' And Lynch, who directed the Twin Peaks series and Blue Velvet, is far from alone: millions of people in Britain and America are living with an emphysema diagnosis. More worryingly, however, is that fact that many millions more are thought to be suffering the deadly condition without realising. So what are the warning signs — and could you be suffering emphysema but not know it? Hollywood legend David Lynch is battling severe breathlessness, one of the key symptoms of COPD, and claimed: 'I can’t go out.

And I can only walk a short distance before I’m out of oxygen' Lynch, who directed the Twin Peaks series and Blue Velvet, pictured above, is far from alone: millions of people in Britain and America are living with an emphy.