The main substances responsible for the diseases of the human respiratory system are marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy and some improperly used medicinal products. Drug epidemic begun in the '50s favoured by the wrong feeling that inhaled drugs were less harmful than injected ones. However they lead as well to sometimes lethal pathologic processes. While D.I.R.D. - Drug Induced Respiratory Diseases - have been thoroughly investigated in Northern Europe and USA they are barely known in Italy. Drug-related respiratory diseases include: asthma, pulmonary oedema, eosinophilic lung disease, COPD, BOOP, pneumothorax, Crack lung syndrome, empyema, granulomatosis, interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, Churg-Strauss Syndrome, ABPA, invasive aspergillosis, RADS, CAP, endocarditis, atelectasis, emphysema, pulmonary arterial hypertension, infections, bronchiectasis, haemoptysis and others.
Malattie respiratorie da droga - Ma.Re.D
Barbaro, Maria Pia Foschino;
2015-01-01
Abstract
The main substances responsible for the diseases of the human respiratory system are marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy and some improperly used medicinal products. Drug epidemic begun in the '50s favoured by the wrong feeling that inhaled drugs were less harmful than injected ones. However they lead as well to sometimes lethal pathologic processes. While D.I.R.D. - Drug Induced Respiratory Diseases - have been thoroughly investigated in Northern Europe and USA they are barely known in Italy. Drug-related respiratory diseases include: asthma, pulmonary oedema, eosinophilic lung disease, COPD, BOOP, pneumothorax, Crack lung syndrome, empyema, granulomatosis, interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, Churg-Strauss Syndrome, ABPA, invasive aspergillosis, RADS, CAP, endocarditis, atelectasis, emphysema, pulmonary arterial hypertension, infections, bronchiectasis, haemoptysis and others.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
