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Chronic use of Datura stramonium cigarettes and late diagnosis of bullous emphysema in a smoker of marijuana and tobacco

Authors :
Angela Gambelunghe
Bruno Aloisio
Cristiana Gambelunghe
Ilenia Folletti
Marino Chiodi
Giacomo Muzi
Nicola Murgia
Marco dell’Omo
Source :
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, Vol 40, Iss , Pp 101761- (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Elsevier, 2022.

Abstract

Unconventional inhaled therapy as a treatment for respiratory diseases became very common during the 19th century. Here, we present the case of a 52-year-old patient who smoked Datura stramonium cigarettes, tobacco cigarettes, and cannabis, with only an early diagnosis of asthma. The patient was admitted to our hospital with acute respiratory syndrome, characterized by worsening dyspnea, cough, and an acute episode of dyspnea and chest tightness. The combined chronic use of both D. stramonium cigarettes and cannabis masks the progression of chronic obstructive lung damage due to tobacco cigarette smoking because of the lack of clinical signs and symptoms.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
22130071 and 99389045
Volume :
40
Issue :
101761-
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.6253f99389045139f5235f276e36e7b
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2022.101761