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Byssinosis [n 1] is an occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of cotton or jute dust in inadequately ventilated working environments and can develop over time with repeated exposure. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Byssinosis commonly occurs in textile workers who are employed in yarn and fabric manufacture industries.
This is a list of Legionnaires' disease outbreaks; Legionnaire's is a potentially fatal infectious disease caused by gram negative, aerobic bacteria belonging to the genus Legionella. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first reported outbreak was in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1976 during a Legionnaires Convention at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel .
Bagassosis, an interstitial lung disease, is a type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis attributed to exposure to moldy molasses [1] or bagasse dust. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Signs and symptoms
In chronic disease, HP must be differentiated from very similarly presenting idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. [12] Although overlapping in many cases, hypersensitivity pneumonitis may be distinguished from occupational asthma in that it is not restricted to only occupational exposure, and that asthma generally is classified as a type I ...
Pneumoconiosis is the general term for a class of interstitial lung disease where inhalation of dust (for example, ash dust, lead particles, pollen grains etc) has caused interstitial fibrosis. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The three most common types are asbestosis , silicosis , and coal miner's lung . [ 3 ]
The air was filled with lint and dust, making breathing difficult, and often leading to diseases such as tuberculosis and chronic bronchitis. [36] Some workers suffered from Byssinosis, or brown lung, caused by prolonged exposure to cotton dust. [37] At that time boys might start to work as doffers before the age of seven. [36]
Bird fancier's lung (BFL), also known as bird breeder's lung, is a type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis.It can cause shortness of breath, fever, dry cough, chest pain, anorexia and weight loss, fatigue, and progressive pulmonary fibrosis (the most serious complication).
Basal ganglia diseases; Basan syndrome; Basaran–Yilmaz syndrome; Basedow's coma; Basilar artery migraines; Basilar impression primary; Bassoe syndrome; Bathophobia; Batrachophobia; Battaglia–Neri syndrome; Batten disease; Batten–Turner muscular dystrophy; Baughman syndrome; Bazex–Dupré–Christol syndrome; Bazopoulou–Kyrkanidou ...