PNEUMOCONIOSIS

'Pneumoconiosis' is an occupational lung disease caused by the inhalation of dust. Depending on the type of dust, variants of the disease are considered.
Types include:

★ Coalworker's pneumoconiosis (also known as "black lung") - coal dust

★ Asbestosis - asbestos

★ Silicosis (also known as "grinhelloders' disease") - silica

★ Bauxite fibrosis - bauxite

★ Berylliosis - beryllium

★ Siderosis - iron
Pneumoconiosis in combination with multiple pulmonary rheumatoid nodules in rheumatoid arthritis patients is known as Caplan's syndrome.^[1]

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See also

★ Chalicosis

★ Philip D'Arcy Hart

Popular culture references

★ A longer, factitious term is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

★ In the classic British film ''Brief Encounter'' (1945), derived from a Noel Coward play, housewife Laura (Celia Johnson) and physician Alec (Trevor Howard) begin an affair. She is desperately mesmerized in a train station lounge by his evocation of his passion for pneumoconioses:
:'Laura': “You were saying about the coal mines…”
:'Alec': “Oh yes, the inhalation of coal dust…That’s one specific form of the disease. It’s called anthracosis.”
:'Laura' [Tenderly]: “What are the others?”
:'Alec': “Chalicosis. That comes from metal dust. Steel works, you know…”
:'Laura' [Breathlessly]: “Yes, of course… Steel works…”
:'Alec': “And silicosis… That’s stone dust… Gold mines…”
:'Laura' [Almost swooning]: “I see…”
:''Bell rings''
:'Laura': “There’s your train.”
:'Alec': “Yes.”
:'Laura': “You mustn’t miss it.”
:'Alec': “No.”

References

1. Andreoli, Thomas, ed. CECIL Essentials of Medicine. Saunders: Pennsylvania, 2004. p. 737.

External links

★ NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Pneumoconioses

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