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Coal workers pneumoconiosis (CWP), is caused by inhaling coal dust.
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∙ 9y agoPneumoconiosis is the medical name, it's more commonly known as dust, it is caused by inhaling coal dust in a coal mine.
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Known as black lung disease?
Black Lungs..silly.
What is classified as a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and is commonly known as a black lung disease?
anthracosis
What is the name for black lung disease?
Black lung disease is associated with the coal mining industry. The disease is the result of prolonged breathing of coal dust. Coal dust contains silica and carbon. These components of coal dust are what cause black lung disease. About 1 in 20 coal miners have evidence of black lung disease which is a chronic disease for which there is no known treatment.
What is Black lung disease associated with the production of?
Coal miners are associated with black lung disease.
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.
A 45 letter word for Black Lung Disease?
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis it's lung disease caused by volcanic ash.
When do most people get the disease black lung?
about 6 or 7
What is Pneumoconiosis?
Pneumoconiosis is an occupational lung disease caused by the inhalation of dust. Such as Black Lung.
Who discovered Black Lung Disease?
Black lung disease was first reported back in 1822. Doctors were under the impression that the the symptoms from black lung disease were asthma related. and called it miners asthma. However when In 1831, Upon discovering the blackening of miners lungs the term black lung disease was created. this term was replaced once again more then a hundred years later in 1942 to "pneumoconiosis" by British medical professionals working on understanding the dust diseases that affected coal miners. Black lung disease can be the result of inhaling coal dust. Modern medical terminology for this disease is "pneumoconiosis",
What are some symptoms of black lung disease?
Black lung disease frequently does not show any symptoms. When it does, the common ones are shortness of breath, severe cough, and difficulty breathing.
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".
What medical illnesses do coal miners get?
Black lung disease.
