Kaolin pneumoconiosis: A lung disease caused by breathing in air contaminated with kaolin (component of china clay). It is generally an occupation disease where people are exposed to the contaminated air for prolonged periods of time. Kaolin is used to make ceramics, paper, medicines, cosmetics and toothpaste. Generally symptoms stop once the exposure ceases. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Kaolin pneumoconiosis is available below.
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Kaolin pneumoconiosis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Kaolin pneumoconiosis, or a subtype of Kaolin pneumoconiosis,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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