Your patient has a respiratory disease that has literally pa

Your patient has a respiratory disease that has literally paralyzed the cilia. Would you expect this patient to be at an Increased or decreased risk for a respiratory Infection? Why? Your friend has smoked \"a pack a day\" for the last 10 years. Your friend has a persistent cough with yellow to green phiegm (also known as \"sputum\" or \"mucus\"). Your friend seems to think that they are suffering from a \"common cold\" and it has nothing to do with their smoking. Smoking Is known to paralyze the \"mucociliary escalator\" of the lungs. Based on this information, explain the coughing and yellow/green phlegm your friend is reporting.

Solution

Cilia are necessary to have in respiratory tract. They are mucilated and sticky for microbes, dust particles and other pollutants. If the cilia paralyzed there have a great chance of being infected.

The friend has chest infections. These infections occur by cold weather or weak immunity and are infectious. These infections are pneumonia, sinus infection or any allergy and bronchitis. Generally, bacteria are responsible for making the phlegm. They infect and white blood cells fight. WBCs release myeloperoxidases enzyme which turn the transparent phlegm into green. Smoking has a very bad affect over lung’s functionality. Smoking weakens lungs more and make prone to even little situation of infections. Yes, it is not from smoking, it is true. The friend needs to rest and should take warm fluids at maximum amount.