How can doctors find out if the lungs are holding in too much air?
ANSWER
A chest X-ray might tell your doctor if your lungs are holding in too much air, but the best way to find out if you have bronchiolitis obliterans is to have a biopsy. Your doctor takes a small piece of your lung to look at closely under a microscope.
Reviewed by Gabriela Pichardo on April 17, 2021
SOURCES:
NIH Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center: "Bronchiolitis obliterans."
American Lung Association: "Popcorn Lung: A Dangerous Risk of Flavored E-Cigarettes."
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health: "Flavorings-Related Lung Disease."
National Jewish Health: "Bronchiolitis Obliterans."
Toxicology Reports: "Pathology, toxicology, and latency of irritant gases known to cause bronchiolitis obliterans disease: Does diacetyl fit the pattern?"
EnvironmentalHealth Perspectives: "Flavoring Chemicals in E-Cigarettes: Diacetyl, 2,3-Pentanedione, and Acetoin in a Sample of 51 Products, Including Fruit-, Candy-, and Cocktail-Flavored E-Cigarettes."
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Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine: "Occupational and Environmental Bronchiolar Disorders."
Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine: "Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome -- The Achilles' Heel of Lung Transplantation."
Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center: "Rheumatoid Lung Disease."
SOURCES:
NIH Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center: "Bronchiolitis obliterans."
American Lung Association: "Popcorn Lung: A Dangerous Risk of Flavored E-Cigarettes."
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health: "Flavorings-Related Lung Disease."
National Jewish Health: "Bronchiolitis Obliterans."
Toxicology Reports: "Pathology, toxicology, and latency of irritant gases known to cause bronchiolitis obliterans disease: Does diacetyl fit the pattern?"
EnvironmentalHealth Perspectives: "Flavoring Chemicals in E-Cigarettes: Diacetyl, 2,3-Pentanedione, and Acetoin in a Sample of 51 Products, Including Fruit-, Candy-, and Cocktail-Flavored E-Cigarettes."
Environmental Protection Agency: "Sulfur Dioxide."
Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine: "Occupational and Environmental Bronchiolar Disorders."
Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine: "Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome -- The Achilles' Heel of Lung Transplantation."
Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center: "Rheumatoid Lung Disease."
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