We'll continue with interesting topics from the field of Pulmonology. Essentially,
illnesses caused by environmental/occupational factors.
Q: What is the most common cause of Mesothelioma?
A: ASBESTOS exposure-long term. (Of note, it is NOT associated with smoking).
Q: What is Farmer's Lung?
A: A pneumonia like illness, occuring 4-8 hrs. after exposure to MOLDY HAY.
The organism causing the illness is Thermophilic Actinomyces.
Q: What occupational illness causes "monday chest tightness"?
A: BYSSINOSIS...exposure to cotton dust. The release of histamine causes the tightness,
when the patient returns to the cotton processing work, after the weekend.
Q: Which occupational illness causes an markedly increased risk for Tuberculosis?
A: SILICOSIS...an illness due to quatrz exposure in foundry/glass workers.
The CXR actually shows a miliary(seed/millet) like finding, as in T.B.
Q: Which lung disease of coal miners is associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis?
A: CAPLAN'S Syndrome...a form of pneumoconiosis with a poor prognosis.
Thanks again, we'll be back next week. Feel free to post questions and comments.
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