Byssinosis
• Due to inhalation of cotton fiber dust over long periods of time
• Symptoms are:
– Chronic cough
– Progressive dyspnea
– Ending in chronic bronchitis and
– Emphysema
• Incidence 7 – 8% in surveys done in Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Delhi
References:
• Park’s Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine
Types of Pneumoconiosis: http://www.ihatepsm.com/blog/pneumoconioses
Silicosis: http://www.ihatepsm.com/blog/silicosis
Anthracosis: http://www.ihatepsm.com/blog/anthracosis
Byssinosis: http://www.ihatepsm.com/blog/byssinosis
Bagassosis: http://www.ihatepsm.com/blog/bagassosis
Asbestosis: http://www.ihatepsm.com/blog/asbestosis
Farmer’s Lung: http://www.ihatepsm.com/blog/farmer%E2%80%99s-lung
Lecture on Pneumoconiosis: http://www.ihatepsm.com/category/occupational-health