Eigentlich sollte es selbsterklärend sein, dass Rauchen die Lunge schädigt und damit auch das Risiko erhöht, an die Lunge betreffenden Infektionskrankheiten zu erkranken. Wer bislang das nicht glauben mochte, bekommt es nun schwarz auf weiss.
"Smoking damages macrophages in the lungs, which are the first line of defence against infections" --
Professor Peter Ormerod, British Thoracic Society
Eine in
Südafrika an 2400 Personen durchgeführte Studie belegt, dass im Testzeitraum unter Rauchern 82 % der Beteiligten Erreger von Lungentuberkulose im Körper aufwiesen, unter Nichtrauchern dagegen nur 70 %. Die Zahlen erscheinen mir furchtbar hoch, allerdings wurden nicht tatsächliche Infektionen, sondern Hauttests auf den Erreger gemessen, der oft jahrelang inaktiv im Körper hospitieren kann. Zum Vergleich: in Deutschland gibt es jährlich ca. 7.000 Fälle von
Tuberkulose auf 80 Mio. Einwohner.
"The association of smoking with pulmonary TB might be explained by a reduced specific immunity and possibly enhanced non-specific inflammatory response."
Die volle Studie findet man unter
http://press.psprings.co.uk/thx/july/555_tx30924.pdf
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