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Subject: LETHAL POTENTIAL OF DUSTY MUSTAR

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JAN 91







COUNTRY:  IRAQ

SUBJ:          LETHAL POTENTIAL OF DUSTY

MUSTARD







INHALATION OF DUSTY MUSTARD CAUSES SPONTANEOUS AND

IRREVERSIBLE NARROWING OF THE AIRWAYS DUE TO BRONCHIAL MUCOSAL

HYPERTROPHY WITH MUCOUS RETENTION. THE ALVEOLI ARE SEVERELY

OVERDISTENDED DUE TO AIR SPACE DILATION. THIS IS ACCOMPANIED

BY RAPID AND SEVERE BRONCHIECTASIS AS A RESULT OF DILATION OF

BRONCHI AND DESTRUCTION OF BRONCHIAL WALLS BY INFLAMMATORY

PROCESS. SEVERE INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNG CAUSES PULMONARY

VASCULAR DAMAGE RESULTING IN ACUTE, MASSIVE PULMONARY EMBULI

WITH SEVERE CENTRAL CHEST PAIN, ACCOMPANIED BY CYANOSIS

HYPOXIA, CIRCULATORY COLLAPSE AND DEATH.







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