Amy Winehouse Has Emphysema

Mitch Winehouse cleared up that Amy Winehouse does not have Tuberculosis, but she does have another deadly lung disease called emphysema. The latter physical appearance is a barrel chest. Slowly over the years it kills off the lung tissue until the person can’t exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide by breathing. Mitch said:

"The doctors have told her if she goes back to smoking drugs it won’t just ruin her voice, it will kill her," he was quoted as saying in the Sunday Mirror. "The doctors have said that if she had continued the way she was going she could have ended up an invalid — she wouldn’t have been able to breathe."

He added: "She’s got emphysema. It’s in its early stages, but had it gone on for another month they painted a very vivid picture of her sitting there like an old person with a mask on her face struggling to breathe.

"With smoking the crack cocaine and the cigarettes, her lungs are all gunked up. There are nodules around the chest and dark marks. She’s got 70 percent lung capacity."

He added that a spell in hospital last week and renewed treatment for her well-publicized drug addiction had offered a ray of hope for his 24-year-old daughter.

"If she doesn’t go back to drugs, then she can lead this magnificent life," he said. "We are praying that that’s what Amy really wants. She seems resolute."

He called on drug dealers to help her recovery by refusing to supply her with crack cocaine.

There is no medical reason why she shouldn’t be able to perform at the Glastonbury Festival next weekend, he added. In the past, work has helped to keep her away from drugs.

DON’T DO DRUGS. DRUGS KILL.