Black lung disease

Introduction: Black lung disease

Description of Black lung disease

Black lung disease (medical condition): A lung disease caused by breathing in coal dust. The...more »

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Coal worker's pneumoconiosis:
  »Introduction: Coal worker's pneumoconiosis
  »Symptoms of Coal worker's pneumoconiosis

Black lung disease: An often asymptomatic chronic lung disease caused by inhaling coal tust which then deposits in the lungs. Also called anthracosis, coal worker's pneumoconiosis or miner's pneumoconiosis.

Black lung disease: lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Black lung disease: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Black lung disease:

• Black lung
• Black lung disease
• Lung disease
• Black
• Lung
• Lung symptoms (3280 causes)
• Lung disorder
• Lung pain
• Coal

Black lung disease: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Black lung disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Black lung disease, or a subtype of Black lung disease, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Black lung disease as a Disease

Black lung disease: Another name for Coal worker's pneumoconiosis (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Coal worker's pneumoconiosis
  »Symptoms of Coal worker's pneumoconiosis

Black lung disease: Related Diseases

Black lung disease: Black lung disease is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Lung conditions
• Chest conditions
• Respiratory conditions
• Allergy-like conditions
• Asthma-like conditions
• Work-related conditions
• Fungal diseases
• Conditions involving a pathogen

Symptoms of Black lung disease (Coal worker's pneumoconiosis)

Some of the symptoms of Black lung disease incude:

• No early symptoms
• Few symptoms
• Cough
• Chest pain
• Breathing problems

See full list of 12 symptoms of Black lung disease (Coal worker's pneumoconiosis)

Terms associated with Black lung disease:

Terms Similar to Black lung disease:

• Lung melanosis
• Coal worker's pneumoconiosis
• Anthracosis

Source: Diseases Database

• Coal workers' pneumoconiosis
• Pneumoconiosis, coal workers'

Source - NIH

• anthracosis
• black lung
• coal miner's lung

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Black lung disease

• pneumoconiosis
• pneumonoconiosis

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Black lung disease

The following list attempts to classify Black lung disease into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• pneumoconiosis,pneumonoconiosis
• respiratory disease,respiratory disorder,respiratory illness
• disease
• illness,malady,sickness,unwellness
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

External links related to: Black lung disease

• eMedicine - Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis : Article by Julia E Richards, MD
• coal worker's pneumoconiosis
• Black Lung Disease - Blueprint for Health

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