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It is a disease common to coal miners?
Black lung disease: A chronic occupational lung disease contracted by the prolonged breathing of coal mine dust. The silica and carbon in the coal dust cause black lung disease. About one of every 20 miners studied in the US has X-ray evidence of black lung disease, a form of pneumoconiosis.
What is the ailment caused by the in halation of coal dust?
There are several nasty things that inhaling coal dust can do but the commonest one was pneumoconiosis.Pneumoconiosis is caused by dust in the lungs usually after prolonged environmental or occupational contact.Anthracosis (an-thrah-KOH-sis),also known as coal miner's pneumoconiosis or black lung disease, iscaused by coal dust in the lungs(anthrac means coal dust, and -osis means abnormal condition or disease.
What are causes and effect of black lung disease?
short term: doesnt really effect the person but the disease has no cure so the disease keeps getting worse so they eventually get worse and it turns into long term effects: can cause permenant damage to heart or lungs and sometimes death occurs
When do most people get the disease black lung?
about 6 or 7
What is black lung disease known as?
Coal workers pneumoconiosis (CWP), is caused by inhaling coal dust.
What is th definition of pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcano...?
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, the longest word in the English language since it was invented in 1935, is a lung disease created by the inhalation of fine silica dust particles. It is sometimes known as "miner's lung" because it is common for coal miners to get this disease, what with being in the mines all day.
What is the difference between occupational diseases and occupational hazards?
Occupational diseases are diseases that result from or associated with particular occupations or workplaces. These include conditions such as silicosis, coal miners' pneumonoconiosis, and a variety of other diseases. Occupational hazards is a broader category of conditions or circumstances that are associated with occupations or workplaces and that could results, if not properly controlled, in injury or disease. Occupational hazards include those agents that cause occupational disease, but also include such hazards as falls, being struck, fire, chemical burns, and a variety of others.
What is a respiratory disorder caused by inhaling dust called?
A respiratory disorder caused by inhaling dust is known as pneumoconiosis. This condition is often associated with occupational exposure to certain types of dust, such as silica or coal dust. It leads to inflammation and scarring of lung tissue, resulting in breathing difficulties and other respiratory symptoms. Common forms include silicosis and coal worker's pneumoconiosis, also known as "black lung" disease.
Why is pneumoconiosis called black lung?
Because the inhaled dusts cause darkening of the lung tissue, the disease is also known as black lung.Pneumoconiosis refers to a lung condition in which fibrosis, or scarring of the lungs, occurs. The name of the pneumoconiosis depends upon the typed of dust inhaled which causes the lung scarring. For example - asbestosis is caused by breathing asbestos fibres. When the condition is caused by breathing in coal dust - the condition is known as coal miner's pneumoconiosis or black lung. The coal dust is black and the scarring of the lungs is also black. To read about the other types of pneumoconiosis and lung diseases caused from the inhalation of dust in the work place see the related link entitled "lung disease claim".
The disease associated with mining coal is called?
silicosis, or "black lung"In the UK it is commonly called 'dust' the medical name in PneumoconiosisThere are several diseases associated with coal mining. Lung diseases from the inhalation of coal dust is known as "black lung" or "coal miners pneumoconiosis". See the related link entitled "black lung disease claims" to read more about coal miners lung disease.Two other industrial disease coal miners can suffer from are: industrial deafness (from exposure to excessive noise) and vibration white finger (from exposure to vibrating power tools) see the related links entitled "industrial deafness claims" and "miners vwf" for further details of these conditions.
Black lung disease is associated with this industry?
Mining"Black lung" is also known as "coal miners' pneumoconiosis". As the name suggests - this condition is most commonly associated with coal miners who breath a large amount of coal dust over a number of years into their lungs. But it is not just coal miners who suffer this condition as it is the inhalation of carbon fibres which can cause it - so any workers associated with carbon, such as grinders can suffer the condition. To read more about black lung and how to claim compensation in the UK if you have suffered from black lung see the associated link entitled "black lung disease claims".Its is coal
Is coal dust a targeted or systemic toxicant?
Coal dust is considered a targeted toxicant, meaning that its adverse effects primarily target specific organs or systems in the body, such as the respiratory system. The inhalation of coal dust can lead to respiratory issues like black lung disease, but it does not typically cause harm to the entire body in a systemic manner.
