Running Head: Welding Gases in the Lungs
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Welding Gases in the Lungs
Sebastian Esquivel
Midwestern State University
Welding Gases in the Lungs
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Welding gases can have a detrimental effect on people, specifically when it comes to the
cardio pulmonary system. Welding gases release a combination of argon, oxygen, nitrogen, and
acetylene fumes. Which are found to be a leading cause of chronic lung disease. Such diseases
include Cystic Fibrosis, Pneumonia, COPD, and in severe cases pulmonary failure. These fumes
attack the pulmonary system by creating blocks, calcification of alveolar spaces, and
deoxygenating the patient. There is a wide combination of welding mixtures that are not harmful
as they reside inside the tanks or as solid objects, but when the gases mix and the solids burn it
creates the fumes harmful to humans. These reactions with the human body cannot be fought by
the immune system itself. At this point, there are no drugs that can completely cure a majority of
the diseases associated with inhaling welding fumes. The drugs available to physicians at
hospitals only help ease the symptoms and pains or reverse the effects of the disease. The after
