Ngaba iVaping Ibangela iPopcorn Lung

Yintoni ipopcorn lung?

I-Popcorn lung, ekwabizwa ngokuba yi-bronchiolitis obliterans okanye i-obliterative bronchiolitis, yimeko emandundu ebonakala ngokonakala kwezona ndlela zomoya zincinci emiphungeni, ezaziwa njenge-bronchioles. Esi scarring sikhokelela ekunciphiseni umthamo wabo kunye nokusebenza kakuhle. Imeko ngamanye amaxesha ifinyezwa njenge-BO okanye ibizwa ngokuba yi-constrictive bronchiolitis.

Izizathu ze-bronchiolitis obliterans zinokuhluka, ezivela kwizinto ezahlukeneyo zonyango kunye nokusingqongileyo. Usulelo olubangelwa yintsholongwane, ibhaktheriya, kunye nefungi kunokukhokelela ekudumbeni kunye nomonakalo we-bronchioles. Ukongeza, ukuphefumla amasuntswana ekhemikhali nako kunokubangela le meko. Ngelixa i-diketones efana ne-diacetyl iqhele ukunxulunyaniswa ne-popcorn lung, iZiko leSizwe lezeMpilo lichonge ezinye iikhemikhali ezininzi ezikwaziyo ukubangela, njenge-chlorine, i-ammonia, i-sulphur dioxide, kunye ne-metal fumes ephuma kwi-welding.

Ngelishwa, okwangoku akukho nyango lwaziwayo lwe-popcorn lung, ngaphandle koqhaqho-fakelo lwemiphunga. Nangona kunjalo, kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuba kunye nokufakelwa kwemiphunga ngokwako kunokubangela ukuphuhliswa kwe-bronchiolitis obliterans. Ngapha koko, i-bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) imi njengoyena nobangela wokwaliwa okungapheliyo emva kokufakelwa kwemiphunga.

Ngaba umphunga ubangela imiphunga yepopcorn?

Okwangoku akukho bungqina bubhaliweyo obubonisa ukuba i-vaping ibangela i-popcorn lung, ngaphandle kwamabali amaninzi eendaba echaza ngenye indlela. Izifundo zeVaping kunye nolunye uphando aluphumelelanga ekusekeni naliphi na ikhonkco phakathi kwe-vaping kunye ne-popcorn lung. Nangona kunjalo, ukuphonononga ukuvezwa kwe-diacetyl ekutshayeni icuba kunokubonelela ngengqiqo malunga neengozi ezinokubakho. Okubangela umdla kukuba, umsi wecuba unamanqanaba aphezulu kakhulu e-diacetyl, ubuncinci amaxesha ali-100 ngaphezulu kwamanqanaba aphezulu afunyenwe kuyo nayiphi na imveliso yomphunga. Ukanti, ukutshaya ngokwako akunxulumananga nepopcorn lung.

Kwanangaphezu kweentshayi ezingaphezu kwewaka lesigidi ehlabathini lonke eziphefumla rhoqo i-diacetyl ekwicuba, akukhange kuchazwe ukuba kukho imiphunga yepopcorn phakathi kweentshayi. Izehlo ezimbalwa zabantu abafunyaniswa bene-popcorn lung yayingabasebenzi ikakhulu kwiifektri zepopcorn. Ngokutsho kweNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), abantu abatshayayo abane-bronchiolitis obliterans babonisa umonakalo omkhulu wemiphunga xa kuthelekiswa nabatshayayo kunye nezinye iimeko zokuphefumla ezinxulumene nokutshaya ezifana ne-emphysema okanye i-bronchitis engapheliyo. 

Ngelixa ukutshaya kuthwele imingcipheko eyaziwayo, umphunga we-popcorn awuyonto yeziphumo zayo. Umhlaza wemiphunga, isifo sentliziyo, kunye nesifo esinganyangekiyo semiphunga (COPD) zinxulunyaniswa nokutshaya ngenxa yokuphefumla iikhompawundi zecarcinogenic, tar, kunye necarbon monoxide. Ngokwahlukileyo, i-vaping ayibandakanyi ukutsha, ukuphelisa ukuveliswa kwetar kunye ne-carbon monoxide. Kweyona meko imbi kakhulu, iivapes zinepesenti enye kuphela ye-diacetyl efumaneka kwicuba. Nangona nantoni na inokwenzeka ngokwethiyori, okwangoku abukho ubungqina obuxhasa ibango lokuba umphunga ubangela imiphunga yepopcorn.