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Chronic Lung Disease
Chronic Lung Disease
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Graduate
02/09/2006

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Term
Definition of chronic lung disease
Definition
Inflammation of the airways, lung and pleura caused by micro-organisms persisting for more than 8 weeks
Term
Incidence

Why?

Definition
Extremely common

Why so common?

200 m2 surface area
500 ml per breath, 15 breaths per min
0.5x15x60x24x365=59 million litres air per year
Unlike skin, disigned for permeability

Term
Aetiolgy
Definition

Bacterial

Mycobacterial

Fungal

Viral

Miscellaneous

So billions of organisms, acting over a large surface area.

Term
Host Defenses
Definition
Structural
Innate
Inflammatory
Specific immunity
Term
Structural Defenses (1)

Nasopharyngeal airway

Definition
1. Warms
2. Absorbs noxious gases
3. Impacts
     - hair trap particles 5-10 microns
     - shape, "U" bend 2 microns
4. Mucociliary escalator (septum and turbinates)
Term
Structural Defenses (2)

Lower airways

Definition

Complex, lined by at least 50 types of cells
Mucociliary escalator

Sectretions - Fe binding, lactoferrin - Enzymes, lysozyme - Antiproteases (ATT)

Term
Innate Immunity
Definition
Resident macrophages
NK cells
Complement (C3, MAC etc)
Surfactant (+ Macrophages, + chemotaxis, + agglutination etc)
Term
Describe the inflammatory response...
Definition
Resident macrophages lining alveolar capillary. 

Phagocytose most organisms

When large bacterial load or
particularly virulent organism, the macrophages release chemokines
(IL-8, TNF-alpha, C5 etc)

These cause + recruitment of NK into lung (backup)

Term
Specific Immune Response
Definition
Antibodies, IgA: B-lymphocytes

Cell mediated immunity - Dendritic cells (APC) made in BM - Migrate to lung, through
interstitium, alveolar septae,
bronchial epithelium - Clonal expansion of APCs of T-lymphocytes

Term
Chronic Lung Infection occurs when...
Definition
(++) Ogranism virulence
     - Impermeable capsule
     - New peptidoglycan
     - Preoteases to IgA
     - Hijack cellular machinery
     - Antibiotic use, resitance

(--) Host defense - Structural - Innate immunity - Inflammatory responses - Specific immunity

Term
Cystic Fibrosis
Definition

D: multisystem disorder
I: 1 in 2800 Caucasians
A: DF508, CFTR -> Na+ and Cl- loss -> very thick mucous secretions
S: M=F
G: Western
A: Screening, childhood
P:Lung, bowel, reproductive system
M:Lung bronchiectasis, multiple infections, FEV1, Liver: fatty infiltration, Bones: osteoporosis, GIT: malabsorption, pancreas, constipation (ileus)
M: S
P: Antibiotics (Pseudomonas/ S. aureus), Supplements, Complications, Transplant (lung/liver) Death = 30 years

Note Pseudomonas and S. aureus in lung is not expected.

Flucloxacillin.

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