(Solved): Your patient has a respiratory disease that has literally paralyzed the cilia. Why would this patie ...

Your patient has a respiratory disease that has literally paralyzed the cilia. Why would this patient be at an increase risk for a respiratory infection? If cilia are paralyzed then the phagocytosed particles, including bacteria, cannot be moved to fuse with the lysosomes for destruction; the bacteria will remain in the cells and may cause a respiratory infection. If cilia are paralyzed then mucus-containing particles, including bacteria, will remain in the lungs and may cause a respiratory infection. If cilia are paralyzed then the cells of the respiratory system cannot phagocytose the particles, including bacteria; these bacteria will remain in the lungs and may cause a respiratory infection. If cilia are paralyzed then the particles, including bacteria, cannot be moved to the bottom of the lungs and cannot be phagocytosed by the cells in the lungs; bacteria remain in the lungs and may cause a respiratory infection. The patient would not be at an increased risk of respiratory infection.