Well, it's been an interesting week hasn't it? The United States government is basically discussing the fact that unidentified flying objects and aliens may exist.

In other words, sentient intelligent beings across the universe may actually be there, and we may even have evidence of it.

Why they decided all of a sudden now to tell us this?

Well, we don't really know that fact.

But as healthcare professionals, I can tell you that we know those intelligent beings are not coming to Earth.

And the reason why, well it's pretty simple.

If you've ever had to renew your state's driver's license at any DMV,

you know for a fact that they're going to bypass the Earth because they themselves realize

there is no intelligent life on this planet.

Yes, yes, I'm only joking and taking a small jab at the DMV's expense, but if you're laughing along you know it's funny because it's actually true.

Having to go through that whole process feels like you're drowning and gasping for air.

Similar to another condition that also can cause that same kind of symptom,

gasping for air, feeling like you can't breathe,

Alpha 1 antitropsum deficiency.

And that's this week's topic in our ongoing liver series.

I'm Dr. Nakede Sun Paul, your friendly neighbor internist and

Gastronterologist, and we're going to be talking about Alpha One antichips

and deficiency, a rare combination of lung and liver issues that can eventually

lead to emphysema and cirrhosis.

So cue that music and let's jump right in. Now before we jump into what happens to your patients with Apple and Antitrips and deficiency,

we have to understand the inheritance and pathophysiology.

Alpha One antitripsin deficiency is an inherited autosomal co-dominant transmission, which is a little bit different than autosomal

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