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e. Black lung disease ( BLD ), also known as coal workers' pneumoconiosis, [ 1] or simply black lung, is an occupational type of pneumoconiosis caused by long-term inhalation and deposition of coal dust in the lungs and the consequent lung tissue's reaction to its presence. [ 2] It is common in coal miners and others who work with coal.
Silicosis is a form of occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust, and is marked by inflammation and scarring in the form of nodular lesions in the upper lobes of the lungs. It is a type of pneumoconiosis and is known in the United Kingdom and eastern United States as the "black lung".
Coccidioidomycosis is a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia in the endemic areas of the United States. [ 4] Infections usually occur due to inhalation of the arthroconidial spores after soil disruption. [ 4] The disease is not contagious. [ 4] In some cases the infection may recur or become chronic.
OpEd: The federal Black Lung Program was enacted in 1969, just prior to the death of my grandfather, a Kentucky coal miner, from the disease. It’s not helping enough people.
Black lung may feel like an ancient problem to many in Washington, D.C., but it hasn’t gone anywhere – it’s only gotten worse. Many of our clients are suffering from an increasingly severe ...
Data from Black Lung ... Crystalline silica, of course, is a leading cause of pneumoconiosis, or black lung, a dust-induced scarring lung disease that leads to the death of about 1,000 miners each ...
The adjacent normal lung tissue with lower attenuation appears as darker areas. Ground-glass opacity ( GGO) is a finding seen on chest x-ray (radiograph) or computed tomography (CT) imaging of the lungs. It is typically defined as an area of hazy opacification (x-ray) or increased attenuation (CT) due to air displacement by fluid, airway ...
Pneumoconiosis is the general term for a class of interstitial lung disease where inhalation of dust (for example, ash dust, lead particles, pollen grains etc) has caused interstitial fibrosis. [ 1][ 2] The three most common types are asbestosis, silicosis, and coal miner's lung. [ 3] Pneumoconiosis often causes restrictive impairment, [ 4 ...