Pneumoconiosis
Pneumoconiosis (Pneumoconiosis), also known as black lung (Black Lung) (Hong Kong called pneumoconiosis, mainland China and Taiwan commonly known as silicosis), also known as pneumoconiosis, sand lung, is a lung fibrosis The Patients usually long in a dusty place, due to inhalation of large amounts of dust, resulting in peripheral bronchial alveolar accumulation of dust, a period of time after the lung changes, the formation of fibrosis. Silicosis is mainly caused by the body's inhalation of crystalline silicon dust, the main components of crystalline silicon mainly soil, sand, granite, and other rock components. The main symptoms of silicosis are: shortness of breath, fever, fatigue, no appetite, chest pain, dry cough, respiratory depression, and finally may be lethal. Silicosis easily lead to other diseases, including lung cancer, bronchitis / chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, tuberculosis, scleroderma, and even cause kidney disease. ...