Black Lung

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  • Continual exposure to coal dust can result in the black lung, a lung disease that inflicts coal mine workers. When coal dust is inhaled over a long period of time, the fragments can buildup in the lungs. Black lung does not develop overnight, and stems from prolonged exposure to coal dust. It usually takes at a person at least ten years of coal mine work to develop black lung.
  • Fast Facts:

    1. Also known as coal worker's pneumoconiosis
    2. Pulmonary fibrosis develops in 1-2% of cases
    3. Diagnosed through chest X-ray
    4. Type of interstitial lung disease
    5. Result from work-place exposure
  • Symptoms:

    1. Shortness of breath
    2. Bronchitis
    3. Emphysema
    4. Lung dysfunction
    5. Hypertension
    6. Painful breathing

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