Diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB) is an
inflammatorylung disease of unknown cause. It is a severe, progressive form of
bronchiolitis, an inflammatory condition of the
bronchioles (small air passages in the lungs). DPB causes severe inflammation and
nodule-like lesions of
terminal bronchioles, chronic
sinusitis, and intense coughing with large amounts of
sputum production. The disease is believed to occur when there is susceptibility, or a lack of
immune system resistance, to DPB-causing bacteria or viruses, caused by several genes that are found predominantly in individuals of East Asian descent. DPB occurs more often in males, and usually begins around age 40. It was recognized as a distinct new disease in the early 1960s, and was formally named "diffuse panbronchiolitis" in 1969. If left untreated, DPB progresses to
bronchiectasis, an irreversible lung condition that involves enlargement of the bronchioles, and pooling of
mucus in the bronchiolar passages. The eventual result of untreated DPB can lead to
respiratory failure and heart problems. Daily treatment of DPB with
macrolideantibiotics such as
erythromycin eases symptoms and increases survival time, but the disease has no known cure. (
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1759 – The British Museum in London, today containing one of the largest and most comprehensive collections in the world, opened to the public in
Montagu House, Bloomsbury.
Edward Teller (1908–2003) was a
Hungarian-Americantheoretical physicist, known colloquially as "the father of the
hydrogen bomb". Teller was born in
Budapest and emigrated to the United States in 1935. He was an early member of the
Manhattan Project charged with developing the first
atomic bombs. He was an early proponent of a
fusion weapon, which most of his contemporaries believed was infeasible. In 1951, he and Polish mathematician
Stanisław Ulam finally made the breakthrough which made the hydrogen bomb possible.
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Diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB) is an
inflammatorylung disease of unknown cause. It is a severe, progressive form of
bronchiolitis, an inflammatory condition of the
bronchioles (small air passages in the lungs). DPB causes severe inflammation and
nodule-like lesions of
terminal bronchioles, chronic
sinusitis, and intense coughing with large amounts of
sputum production. The disease is believed to occur when there is susceptibility, or a lack of
immune system resistance, to DPB-causing bacteria or viruses, caused by several genes that are found predominantly in individuals of East Asian descent. DPB occurs more often in males, and usually begins around age 40. It was recognized as a distinct new disease in the early 1960s, and was formally named "diffuse panbronchiolitis" in 1969. If left untreated, DPB progresses to
bronchiectasis, an irreversible lung condition that involves enlargement of the bronchioles, and pooling of
mucus in the bronchiolar passages. The eventual result of untreated DPB can lead to
respiratory failure and heart problems. Daily treatment of DPB with
macrolideantibiotics such as
erythromycin eases symptoms and increases survival time, but the disease has no known cure. (
more...)
1759 – The British Museum in London, today containing one of the largest and most comprehensive collections in the world, opened to the public in
Montagu House, Bloomsbury.
Edward Teller (1908–2003) was a
Hungarian-Americantheoretical physicist, known colloquially as "the father of the
hydrogen bomb". Teller was born in
Budapest and emigrated to the United States in 1935. He was an early member of the
Manhattan Project charged with developing the first
atomic bombs. He was an early proponent of a
fusion weapon, which most of his contemporaries believed was infeasible. In 1951, he and Polish mathematician
Stanisław Ulam finally made the breakthrough which made the hydrogen bomb possible.
This Wikipedia is written in
English. Started in 2001 (2001), it currently contains
3,847,148 articles. Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.