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Pneumoconiosis

Pneumoconiosis: Introduction

Pneumoconiosis: A lung disease caused by breathing in air contaminated with particles of dust such as coal, kaolin, asbestos and talc. It is generally an occupation disease where people are exposed to the contaminated air for prolonged periods of time. Generally symptoms stop once the exposure ceases. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Pneumoconiosis is available below.

Symptoms of Pneumoconiosis

• No early symptoms
• Few symptoms
• Lung fibrosis
• Respiratory problems
• Breathlessness
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 12 symptoms of Pneumoconiosis

Treatments for Pneumoconiosis

• Breathing exercises
• Careful activity - only under medical advice
• Quit smoking
• Prevention of any infections
• more treatments...»

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Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Pneumoconiosis:

• Lung & Respiratory Health Tests:
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  • Home Lung Function Test Kits
• more...»

Wrongly Diagnosed with Pneumoconiosis?

• Misdiagnosis of Pneumoconiosis
• Failure to diagnose Pneumoconiosis
• Hidden causes of Pneumoconiosis (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Pneumoconiosis

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Pneumoconiosis: Deaths

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Types of Pneumoconiosis

• Coal miner pneumoconiosis
• Anthracosis
• Asbestiosis
• Sicicosis
• Berylliosis
• more types...»

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Pneumoconiosis: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Pneumoconiosis:

• Lung fibrosis
• Lung disease
• Lung cancer
• Pleurisy
• Congestive heart failure
• more complications...»

Causes of Pneumoconiosis

• Coal duct inhalation
• Asbestos exposure
• Silicon exposure
• Tin exposure
• Barium exposure
• more causes...»

See full list of 6 causes of Pneumoconiosis

More information about causes of Pneumoconiosis:

• Underlying causes of Pneumoconiosis
• Pneumoconiosis as a symptom

Disease Topics Related To Pneumoconiosis

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Pneumoconiosis:

• Black lung
• Coal miner's lung
• Miner's asthma
• Miner's phthisis
• Pneumokoniosis
• Pneumoconioses
• Diffuse interstitial fibrosis
• more related diseases...»

Pneumoconiosis: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Chronic Respiratory Disorders that may be Undiagnosed:
  • Asthma -- Undiagnosed
  • Allergies -- Undiagnosed
  • COPD -- Undiagnosed
  • Emphysema -- Undiagnosed
  • Chronic Bronchitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Lung Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Sinusitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Cystic Fibrosis -- Undiagnosed
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Pneumoconiosis

Chronic lung diseases hard to diagnose: Some of the chronic lung diseases are difficult to diagnose. Even the well-knowns conditions such as asthma or lung cancer often fail to be...read more »

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Pneumoconiosis: Research Doctors & Specialists

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• Lung Health Specialists (Pulmonologist):
  • Pulmonology (Lung Health Specialists)
  • Pediatric Pulmonology (Child Lung Health)
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Hospitals & Clinics: Pneumoconiosis

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Pneumoconiosis:

• Lung Health (Pulmonology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Pneumoconiosis, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experience Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Pneumoconiosis: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Chronic Respiratory Disorders -- Rare Types:
  • Asthma -- Rare Types
  • Allergies -- Rare Types
  • COPD -- Rare Types
  • Emphysema -- Rare Types
  • Chronic Bronchitis -- Rare Types
  • Lung Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Sinusitis -- Rare Types
  • Cystic Fibrosis -- Rare Types
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Prognosis for Pneumoconiosis

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Research about Pneumoconiosis

Visit our research pages for current research about Pneumoconiosis treatments.

Clinical Trials for Pneumoconiosis

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Pneumoconiosis include:

• Specialized Center of Research in Occupational and Immunologic Lung Disease - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Beryllium Infliximab Study: Clinical Interventional Trial - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Infliximab
• more trials...»

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Statistics for Pneumoconiosis

• Medical statistics for Pneumoconiosis
• Death and Mortality statistics for Pneumoconiosis
• Society statistics for Pneumoconiosis

Pneumoconiosis: Broader Related Topics

• Lung conditions
• Work-related conditions
• Respiratory system conditions
• more types...»

Types of Pneumoconiosis

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Definitions of Pneumoconiosis:

Any of a group of lung diseases resulting from inhalation of particles of industrial substances. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling metallic or mineral particles - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

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