What is the genetic condition Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency?
Michael Jackson has Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency claims a new report which asserts Jackson has suffered from the condition for sometime. Ian Halperin makes the assertion. Halperin says Jackson has “had [Alpha 1 Antitrypsin] for years but it’s gotten worse. He needs a lung transplant but may be too weak to go through with it.” Alpha 1 Antitrypsin reportedly hits 1 in 5,000 Americans. He said: “For years, Michael has been working with his own doctors to try to make sure it doesn’t progress. He has been on many medications that have stabilized him.” Marlene Erven, executive director of the American Alpha-1 Association, reportedly says “This is a rare disorder. There is a protein deficiency that prevents the lungs from being properly protected during the everyday act of breathing. Patients often develop emphysema and either lung or liver disease, which can be fatal.” Ian additionally claims Jackson “also has emphysema and chronic gastrointestinal bleeding, which his doctors have had a lo
