Question 1

what can cause  pneumoconiosis?

Accepted Answer

Pneumoconiosis: These are lung diseases caused by inhaling organic  or inorganic minerals that cause an inflammatory response in the lungs. Organic causes include pigeon breeders disease, mold exposure with different materials such as sugar cane for example. Inorganic causes include silicosis, asbestosis or other mineral dusts particles. Patient can develop pulmonary  fibrosis. Hope this helps.

Question 2

how many people are affected by the pneumoconiosis?

Accepted Answer

?: If you live in a coal dust prone area, the incidence will be really high, compared to population living away from it.

Question 3

i opened a big pencil sharpener (the ones you find on teachers desks) the graphite dust flew at me. i inhaled some, will i get graphite pneumoconiosis?

Accepted Answer

No risk, no worry: This might be a health risk if it happened 10 times a day for many years. A single event will do no harm at all. Don't worry about it.

Question 4

what's  pneumoconiosis?

Accepted Answer

Dust lung disease: Most often these are due to a person's work though many of the people who survived the 9/11 attacks. Coal worker's lung, silicosis, asbestosis, farmer's lung, berylliosis, and bagassosis (sugar cane) are all examples. They are hard to treat and if present, a lawyer may be able to help.

Question 5

what are the symptomsof pneumoconiosis?

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SOB, Cough: Pneumoconiosis is collective condition in which lung is exposed to industrial insult, such as coal, asbestos, etc. Main symptoms for such a disease would be cough and shortness of breath (sob) and excersize intolerance.
Shahzeidi, md.

Question 6

what causes black lung?

Accepted Answer

Black Lung: Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (cwp), colloquially referred to as black lung disease, is caused by long exposure to coal dust. It is a common affliction of coal miners and others who work with coal, similar to both silicosis from inhaling silica dust, and to the long-term effects of tobacco smoking. Inhaled coal dust progressively builds up in the lungs and is unable to be removed by the body.

Question 7

could fluoride damage your future children's lungs?

Accepted Answer

No: It has no direct or indirect effect on the fetal development of lung tissue.

Question 8

can you tell me how could i tell if i don't have black lung?

Accepted Answer

CXR, PFTs: Cxr would show deposition of coal and might show some calcifications and pfts could reveal restrictive lung disease.
Shahzeidi, md.

Question 9

how are static & dynamic lung compliance measured in children?

Accepted Answer

Spirometry: Compliance and many other aspects of lung function can be measured in children with PFTs (pulmonary function tests) using a spirometer. The child has to be old enough to follow directions. You will find this piece of equipment in a pediatric pulmunology or allergy/immunology office. Why do you ask?

Question 10

i just had x-rays of my lungs 1 looks all white and the other is 3/4 black and at the bottom starts looking white and they told me everything's normal?

Accepted Answer

Very difficult: to render an opinion on such limited info, and without the X-rays, but there are normally black and white areas on a chest X-ray.  For example, the heart shadow normally shows up as a big white structure superimposed over the left lower lung region.

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