zouzounaki
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Suppose its like saying you can only contract Emphysema if youve worked in a coal mine.
Quoted from the link.
Bronchiolitis obliterans is an inflammatory condition that affects the lung's tiniest airways, the bronchioles. In affected people, the bronchioles may become damaged and inflamed leading to extensive scarring that blocks the airways. Signs and symptoms of the condition include a dry cough; shortness of breath; and/or fatigue and wheezing in the absence of a cold or asthma.[1][2][3] Many different chemicals (such as nitrogen oxides, ammonia, welding fumes or food flavoring fumes) and respiratory infections can cause lung injury that leads to bronchiolitis obliterans. It can also be associated with rheumatoid arthritis and graft-versus-host disease following a lung or hematopoietic cell transplantation.[3] While there is no way to reverse the disease, treatments are available that may stabilize or slow the progression.
It’s not really like saying that. There are a
number of causes of emphysema and smoking is a major one. If you look at any information about emphysema it will say that smoking causes it. It won’t say exposure to toxic chemicals, and leave the reader to deduce that that might include smoking.
I’ve not seen anything that says conclusively that smoking causes popcorn lung. In fact there’s evidence that it’s a protective factor for people exposed to chemicals that do cause it, as I mentioned above.