Constrictive Bronchiolitis
Many smokers consider electronic cigarettes (vaping) to be a safer alternative to traditional cigarettes. In some respect they are correct. However, a newly described condition: constrictive bronchiolitis is appearing in some people who vape. Bronchioles are the smaller arborations in the “bronchial tree”. The trachea branches into bronchi which in turn branch into bronchioles. The people who develop this condition have significant narrowing of these smaller airways that is caused by tissue thickening called fibrosis. The pathophysiology of this condition…