This schematic diagram outlines the pathophysiology of COPD and tuberculosis. It shows that non-modifiable factors like age, sex, and genetic predisposition and modifiable factors like environment, work, and smoking can lead to a primary infection. This primary infection can then result in impaired lung clearance, bronchial inflammatory airway obstruction, and alveolar hypoventilation, eventually leading to chronic conditions like chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It also maps out the process of a tuberculosis infection from initial inhalation of mycobacterium tuberculosis to the development of cavities and drainage into the tracheobronchial tree.
This schematic diagram outlines the pathophysiology of COPD and tuberculosis. It shows that non-modifiable factors like age, sex, and genetic predisposition and modifiable factors like environment, work, and smoking can lead to a primary infection. This primary infection can then result in impaired lung clearance, bronchial inflammatory airway obstruction, and alveolar hypoventilation, eventually leading to chronic conditions like chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It also maps out the process of a tuberculosis infection from initial inhalation of mycobacterium tuberculosis to the development of cavities and drainage into the tracheobronchial tree.
This schematic diagram outlines the pathophysiology of COPD and tuberculosis. It shows that non-modifiable factors like age, sex, and genetic predisposition and modifiable factors like environment, work, and smoking can lead to a primary infection. This primary infection can then result in impaired lung clearance, bronchial inflammatory airway obstruction, and alveolar hypoventilation, eventually leading to chronic conditions like chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It also maps out the process of a tuberculosis infection from initial inhalation of mycobacterium tuberculosis to the development of cavities and drainage into the tracheobronchial tree.