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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Published inRespiratory medicine case reports Vol. 40; p. 101761
Main Authors Gambelunghe, Angela, Aloisio, Bruno, Gambelunghe, Cristiana, Folletti, Ilenia, Chiodi, Marino, Muzi, Giacomo, Murgia, Nicola, dell’Omo, Marco
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2022
Elsevier
Subjects
Anticholinergic drugs
Case Report
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
COPD
Datura stramonium
Emphysema
Marijuana
Tobacco
Tobacco
FVC
PEFR
Datura stramonium
Marijuana
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
FEV1
Anticholinergic drugs
Emphysema
COPD
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2213-0071
2213-0071
DOI:10.1016/j.rmcr.2022.101761