Chronic use of Datura stramonium cigarettes and late diagnosis of bullous emphysema in a smoker of marijuana and tobacco
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 adm...
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| author | Angela Gambelunghe Bruno Aloisio Cristiana Gambelunghe Ilenia Folletti Marino Chiodi Giacomo Muzi Nicola Murgia Marco dell’Omo |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e6253f99389045139f5235f276e36e7b2022-12-22T02:48:11ZengElsevierRespiratory Medicine Case Reports2213-00712022-01-0140101761Chronic use of Datura stramonium cigarettes and late diagnosis of bullous emphysema in a smoker of marijuana and tobaccoAngela Gambelunghe0Bruno Aloisio1Cristiana Gambelunghe2Ilenia Folletti3Marino Chiodi4Giacomo Muzi5Nicola Murgia6Marco dell’Omo7Section of Occupational Medicine, Respiratory Diseases and Toxicology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Italy; Corresponding author.Section of Occupational Medicine, Respiratory Diseases and Toxicology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, ItalySection of Forensic Medicine, Forensic Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, ItalySection of Occupational Medicine, Respiratory Diseases and Toxicology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, ItalyDivision of Diagnostic Imaging, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, University of Perugia, ItalySection of Occupational Medicine, Respiratory Diseases and Toxicology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, ItalyDepartment of Environmental and Prevention Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, ItalySection of Occupational Medicine, Respiratory Diseases and Toxicology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, ItalyUnconventional 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.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007122001836Datura stramoniumMarijuanaTobaccoEmphysemaAnticholinergic drugsCOPD |
| spellingShingle | Angela Gambelunghe Bruno Aloisio Cristiana Gambelunghe Ilenia Folletti Marino Chiodi Giacomo Muzi Nicola Murgia Marco dell’Omo Chronic use of Datura stramonium cigarettes and late diagnosis of bullous emphysema in a smoker of marijuana and tobacco Respiratory Medicine Case Reports Datura stramonium Marijuana Tobacco Emphysema Anticholinergic drugs COPD |
| title | Chronic use of Datura stramonium cigarettes and late diagnosis of bullous emphysema in a smoker of marijuana and tobacco |
| title_full | Chronic use of Datura stramonium cigarettes and late diagnosis of bullous emphysema in a smoker of marijuana and tobacco |
| title_fullStr | Chronic use of Datura stramonium cigarettes and late diagnosis of bullous emphysema in a smoker of marijuana and tobacco |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chronic use of Datura stramonium cigarettes and late diagnosis of bullous emphysema in a smoker of marijuana and tobacco |
| title_short | Chronic use of Datura stramonium cigarettes and late diagnosis of bullous emphysema in a smoker of marijuana and tobacco |
| title_sort | chronic use of datura stramonium cigarettes and late diagnosis of bullous emphysema in a smoker of marijuana and tobacco |
| topic | Datura stramonium Marijuana Tobacco Emphysema Anticholinergic drugs COPD |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007122001836 |
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