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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.
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Fast Facts:
- Also known as coal worker's pneumoconiosis
- Pulmonary fibrosis develops in 1-2% of cases
- Diagnosed through chest X-ray
- Type of interstitial lung disease
- Result from work-place exposure
Symptoms:
- Shortness of breath
- Bronchitis
- Emphysema
- Lung dysfunction
- Hypertension
- Painful breathing
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Black Lung Research
- New England Journal of Medicine: Black Lung: Anatomy of a public health disaster (June 3, 1999)
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@talkelly hey no one coulda known the first dr was wrong an it wouldn't go away as said. Too bad it's asthma/the black lung, pop.
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I think I may have the black lung...
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Ukraine flu turns into black lung epidemic, kills 12 in one day http://ff.im/-cDxoL
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"I think i got the black lung pop" - Zoolander (those are some powerful words)
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but i seem to have developed black lung over the last half hour. had to pause the movie to get over my coughing fit.
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