Publications by authors named "Soraia Nogueira Felix"
Article Synopsis
- Pulmonary irritants like cigarette smoke and sodium hypochlorite can worsen lung health in cleaning workers, leading to changes in lung mechanics and inflammation in Wistar rats.
- Exposure to cigarette smoke alone caused increased airway inflammation and mucus production, while sodium hypochlorite elevated certain immune cell counts and inflammatory markers.
- Interestingly, when both irritants were present together, they increased mucus acidity and altered lung structure, suggesting a potential adaptive response that might protect the lungs from further damage despite reduced overall inflammation.
Background: Cleaning workers represent a significant proportion of the active population worldwide, with poor remuneration, particularly in developing countries. Despite this, they remain a relatively poorly studied occupational group. They are constantly exposed to agents that can cause symptoms and respiratory problems.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to evaluate the clinical evolution, functional parameters and inflammatory activity of asthma in patients who submitted to an educational intervention. 58 adult patients over 18 years of age with partly controlled and uncontrolled asthma were randomized into an intervention group (IG) (N = 32) and a control group (CG) (N = 26) and evaluated for 12 weeks. The Asthma Control Test (ACT), Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ), Asthma Quality Life Questionnaire (AQLQ) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) questionnaires were applied.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The endurance exercise is capable of inducing skeletal muscle, heart, and respiratory fatigue, evidenced by morphofunctional cardiac changes, release of myocardial injury biomarkers, and reduction of maximal voluntary ventilation and oxygen consumption (VO) at peak exercise.
Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate whether marathoners present cardiac fatigue after marathon and whether it correlates with pulmonary levels of exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) and pulmonary inflammation.
Methods: 31 male marathoners, age 39 ± 9 years, were evaluated by cardiopulmonary exercise test three weeks before and between three and 15 days after a marathon; eNO analysis and spirometry were evaluated before, immediately after, and 24 and 72 hours after the marathon, and sputum cellularity and cytokine level were assessed before and after the marathon.