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causes brochoconstriction and mucus plugs to form in the bronchials
excessive mucus production due to chronic inflammation, causes the mucus to thin and the airways to increase resistance, may also create outright mucal plugs
At first reversible, but less so with extended time
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
the destruction of the alveoli as they blow up enlarge and become dead space, and decreased pulmonary elasticity inhibits their ability to expel air
slowly progessive with intermittent acute exacerbations; disease begins years before symptoms show up
air pollutants and smoking, genetic factors, infection, alcoholism, diabetes and anemia
they inhibit macrophage and cilliary functions, with hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the mucus glands, where fibrosis is created to replace the damaged cells
low anti-tyrpsin rates, (a small glycoprotein that inhibits preoteases that break down collagen and elastic in the lungs, the WBC
the primary genetic defect of the chloride ion transport across epithelial cells, not enough Cl- goes out and too few Na+ ions, decreases the water flow into the lumen creating a thick mucous layer that inhibits the cilial function
