pulmonary alveolar proteinosis…

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respiratory system, alveolar proteinosis, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, a phospholipid, a compound widely distributed in living cells, accumulates, spaces, in the lungs where oxygen, carbon dioxide, exchanged, cause of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, in others, infection, immune deficiency, rare disorder generally affects people 30, 50 years old, seen in men more often than in women, cough, unintentional weight loss, fatigue, shortness of breath, fever, no symptoms, hear crackles, in the lungs, physical examination is normal, a chest x-ray, dense shadows similar to pulmonary edema, an arterial blood gases reveals low oxygen levels, in the blood, pulmonary function tests, restrictive lung disease, abnormal diffusion, high-resolution ct scan, the chest, dense bilateral infiltrates, in the lungs, bronchoscopy, lavage, washing the lungs, saline, a milky fluid, treatment consists of periodic whole-lung lavage, a washing out, the phospholipids, lung, performed by specially trained physicians, lung transplantation has been performed, spontaneous remission occurs, progressive respiratory failure develops in others, symptoms develop, progressive worsening of shortness of breath indicates that an urgent, emergency condition developing.