Who should be tested for Alpha-1?

• Newborns, children, and adults with unexplained liver disease
• People with a family history of liver disease
• Relatives of a person diagnosed with Alpha-1
• Everyone with emphysemaObstructive airway disease in which the walls of the alveoli (air sacs) are damaged or destroyed., bronchiectasis, chronicA condition or illness that arises slowly over days or weeks and may or may not resolve with treatment. It is the opposite of acute. obstructive pulmonaryMedical term referring to the lungs. disease (COPD), chronicA condition or illness that arises slowly over days or weeks and may or may not resolve with treatment. It is the opposite of acute. bronchitis, or asthma that is incompletely reversible after aggressive treatment

The Liver and Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency – Alpha-1 Foundation