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A 42-year old asked:
What causes black lung?
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A 44-year old asked:
Can you tell me how could i tell if i don't have black lung?
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A 42-year old asked:
Help docs! my smoker friend says black lung is a lie. Is this true?
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A 41-year old asked:
How to get a test to see if I have black lungs?
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A 33-year old asked:
Does black lung lead to blue skin?
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A 45-year old asked:
What is the medical name for 'black lung disease'?
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A 36-year old asked:
Can you get black lung disease from working in mines now?
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A 45-year old asked:
When did black lung disease occur at its worst in victims?
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A 30-year old asked:
What is the black lung disease all about, in virginia?
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A 45-year old asked:
Is black lung the same thing as pulmonary fibrosis?
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A 48-year old asked:
Could black lung disease cause someone to cough blood?
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A 41-year old asked:
Black lung disease is cause by the inhalation of scilica dust. What might be the scientific name for this disease?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Can you get a smokers black lungs by being around heavy second hand smoke for 30 years or more? Cigarettes, pipe tobacco and cigars?
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A 44-year old asked:
If i stop smoking does the black on my lungs disappear?
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A 38-year old asked:
Smoking for decades, dr showed me photo of autopsy, is the black specks on lungs from excess iron or something?
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A 22-year old female asked about a male:
High fevers, coughing up mucus with blood, bad smell from mucus&body skin. X-ray showed black spot on lung is this a cause of being a 40year smoker?
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A 36-year old asked:
Can drinking black tea help prevent lung damage?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Is breathlessness,water in lungs,flem,black stools & weakness sign of pulmonary TB. My father 81 has been diagnosed with it & on meds.thx?
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A 57-year old female asked:
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?
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A 31-year old asked:
Could the black tar that sticks on your bong stick in your lungs too?
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A 33-year old asked:
Black and white colour on a X-ray of the of the lungs represents what?
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A 45-year old asked:
How long is it supposed to it take for your lungs to be black from smoking?
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A 19-year old male asked:
I quit smoking and smoked for 4 years.Year 1 1-2 a week, Year 2&3 4-7 a day and Year 4 max of 9 a day.How does my lungs look in degree of black?thanks
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A 33-year old female asked:
Put a lot of black pepper on food. Took a bite and started coughing, thinking i inhaled some of the pepper? Is this dangerous? Will it affect my lungs
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A 35-year old asked:
How come lung fields appear black in x-rays?
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A 33-year old asked:
How long does it take my lungs to recover from black mold poisoning?
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A 26-year old male asked:
I quit smoking for about 3 months now but I still clear/cough and I have brownish and black its thick.Is this something I should worry about or is my lungs doing what they need to do and this is normal ?
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A 43-year old asked:
In a cancerous lung what is the black stuff and what the white lump is?
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A female asked:
Black streaks in my mucus and tight lung feeling :( I'm 19 and smoked for 3-4 years ?
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A 17-year old male asked:
Had kerosene heater on and was emitting black smoke. I looked in the mirror and my nose was filled with black stuff. Did it get in my lungs. Am i ok?
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