Has anybody else heard about "Popcorn Lung"?!
Has anybody else heard about "Popcorn Lung"?
I was at the hospital yesterday and a nurse there was telling me how microwaveable popcorn can give you "popcorn lung". Something about when you open it the chemicals become airborne and get into your lungs and cause cancer.
What's Next???? Now popcorn is even bad for you.
Please star and respond...Thanx.
Answers:
http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.htm?pr...
This article explains it better, it is the butter, not the popcorn.
Yes! But it is more of a concern for those that manufacture the popcorn then the end user.
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Popcorn Lung also known as Bronchiolitis Obliterans is a disease of the lungs in which the bronchioles are plugged with granulation tissue. While it may occur as a manifestation of transplant rejection or as the result of exposure to toxic gases, bronchiolitis obliterans has been nicknamed "popcorn lung" or "popcorn workers' lung" due to onset of this disease from inhalation of airborne diacetyl ― a butter flavoring used in popcorn and in many other food flavorings such as those used in candy and even potato chips.
Bronchiolitis obliterans is a lung disease characterized by fixed airway obstruction. Inflammation and scarring occur in the airways of the lung, resulting in severe shortness of breath and dry cough.
Bronchiolitis obliterans is often misdiagnosed as asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, or pneumonia. Chest X-rays and diffusing capacity of the lung (DLCO) are usually normal, but spirometry tests show fixed airway obstructions.
This disease is IRREVERSIBLE and severe cases often require a lung transplant, scary!