Other Occupational Lung Diseases
Other Occupational Lung Diseases
- Silicosis
- It affects stonemasons, pottery workers, and sandblasting workers
- Caused by silica inhalation
- Distinctive CXR appearance
- Symptoms: exertional dyspnoea, cough
- Berylliosis
- Affects aerospace, nuclear power, and electrical industry workers
- Similar presentation to sarcoidosis
- Iron (siderosis) and barium (baritosis)
- Dense nodular shadowing on CXR
- Minimal symptoms and lung function changes