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, ipopcorn lung ayiyonto 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, ii-vapes zinepesenti enye kuphela ye-diacetyl efumaneka kwicuba. Nangona nantoni na inokwenzeka ngokwethiyori, okwangoku abukho ubungqina obuxhasa ibango lokuba umphunga ubangela imiphunga yepopcorn.