Smokers are most at risk of getting pneumonia in the case of a common respiratory virus. Why a simple cold can become complicated with severe lung infections.
Marius Nasta Institute. Here we see the CT image of a pneumonia caused by bacteria. We also see the one produced by viruses, including SARS COV 2.
Dr. Eddan Athir, medic specialist radiologist: “It exists in both places here and here. Here only on the right lower lobe. Viral is usually bilateral.”
If the defense is good, the body has the ability to respond effectively to aggression.
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A cold, for example, evolves towards healing. Chronic diseases favor the occurrence of pneumonia.
In a common respiratory virus. Smoking, too, is a chronic disease. In the lung, it destroys the immune defense.
Macrophages the smart immune cell. Cigarette smoke makes them incompetent. This is because they are sensitive to all the compounds in the cigarette and self-intoxicate.
Dr. Beatrice Mahler manager of the Marius Nasta Institute: “These cells are there, but they no longer manage to capture microbes, viruses and bacteria, and basically the body will compensate for this functional deficiency by producing even more macrophages.
Thus, a smoker will have ten times more macrophages than a non-smoker. Unfortunately, they are not functionally effective, and then we wonder why smokers not only lose lung function over years of smoking, but we also have a decreased ability to respond to infection.”
Smokers have the highest risk of frequently developing pneumonia during a common cold.
Source: Pro TV
Tags: good doctor, smokers, pneumonia, respiratory infections,
Publication date: 05-10-2023 09:20
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