environmental lung disease

environmental lung disease

Pulmonary medicine The lung changes caused by exposure to environmental toxins Examples Asthma–acidic aerosols, nitrogen dioxide, photochemicals, COPD and emphysema–acidic aerosols, cigarettes, oxidant gases, lung cancer–cigarettes, radon, silica, volatile organic chemicals, mesothelioma-asbestos, ↓ lung capacity–acidic aerosols, tobacco, nitrogen dioxide, photochemicals, silicosis–silica Pathogenesis Environmental toxins induce bronchoconstriction, CA, fibrosis, inflammation. See COPD.