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More about Occupational Asthma:
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Occupational asthma is usually reversible. However, continued exposure to the symptom-producing substance can cause permanent lung damage.
In time, occupational asthma can cause asthma-like symptoms to occur when the patient is exposed to tobacco smoke, household dust, and other ordinary irritants.
Smoking aggravates symptoms of occupational asthma. Patients who eliminate workplace exposure and stop smoking are more apt to recover fully than those who change jobs but continue to smoke.
— Maureen Haggerty
