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Yeah, this made me wonder, in lieu of a lung transplant, what if they just took out a smoker's lung and gave it a good wash and then stuck it back in again? It
by mathgenius 11y ago
Yeah, this made me wonder, in lieu of a lung transplant, what if they just took out a smoker's lung and gave it a good wash and then stuck it back in again? It sounds like you are saying that alot of other things go wrong with such a lung, not just a buildup of tar.
- cmdrfred 11y agoWith things like the davinci system I don't even think you would have to take the lung out.
- saalweachter 11y agoAt the very least, once the carcinogens have done their job and induced a cancer washing them out would be a bit of "shutting the barn door after the cows have run away".
- jokr004 11y agoCancer isn't the only smoking related illness, I wonder what it would do for someone with emphysema or the like..
- logfromblammo 11y agoOr leave it in and use a splash of perfluorocarbon to prophylactically rinse it out a bit, once every couple of years or so. Even if the breathing liquid does not dissolve all the lung crud directly, the mechanical action of filling and draining the alveoli might clear some of it out or thin it enough for the cilia to move it.