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Chapter 35 Hypersensitive pneumonitis

BOOK TITLE: NCCP Textbook of Respiratory Medicine

Author
1. Gaur SN
ISBN
9789350252123
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/11207_36
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2011
Pages
8
Author Affiliations
1. Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
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Abstract

The term hypersensitivity pneumonitis or extrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA) is defined as a group of diseases characterized by a response of the lung to specific antigen contained in a wide variety of organic dusts on such fine particles size that they can penetrate into the most distal lung parenchyma. It is characterized by diffuse inflammation of lung parenchyma and airways in sensitized individuals. The main immunological reaction involved in EAA is Type III arthus reaction. Farmer’s lung, the classic example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis, is an allergic disease usually caused by breathing in the dust from moldy hay that can be prevented by taking precautions.

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