Myth: Vaping causes Popcorn Lung: Difference between revisions
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=What causes Popcorn Lung / Bronchiolitis Obliterans?= | =What causes Popcorn Lung / Bronchiolitis Obliterans?= | ||
Bronchiolitis obliterans is rare. It was first [https://www.ajronline.org/doi/epdf/10.2214/ajr.117.4.816 mentioned] in 1835, and it was not until 1901 that it was mentioned again in medical writings. At that time, inhalation of toxic fumes or foreign bodies and respiratory infections were attributed to causing Bronchiolitis obliterans. | Bronchiolitis obliterans is rare. It was first [https://www.ajronline.org/doi/epdf/10.2214/ajr.117.4.816 mentioned] in 1835, and it was not until [https://www.thelancet.com/journals/ebiom/article/PIIS2352-3964(23)00325-0/fulltext 1901] that it was mentioned again in medical writings. At that time, inhalation of toxic fumes or foreign bodies and respiratory infections were attributed to causing Bronchiolitis obliterans. | ||
Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome afflicts about 50% of [https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10.1164/rccm.200201-003PP lung transplant patients] within [https://www.jhltonline.org/article/S1053-2498(16)30300-X/fulltext five years] and 2% - 6% of [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1083879109005199 hematopoietic stem cell] transplantation patients. Some patients with autoimmune diseases are prone to it, too. | Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome afflicts about 50% of [https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10.1164/rccm.200201-003PP lung transplant patients] within [https://www.jhltonline.org/article/S1053-2498(16)30300-X/fulltext five years] and 2% - 6% of [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1083879109005199 hematopoietic stem cell] transplantation patients. Some patients with autoimmune diseases are prone to it, too. | ||