Pneumoconiosis is relatively hidden in the early stages, so how to protect yourself is very important! ——Pay attention to occupational health

Pneumoconiosis is a type of occupational chronic disease with a wide impact, high incidence and prominent hazards in my country. Since pneumoconiosis usually has no discomfort symptoms in the early stage and diagnosis is difficult, it is important to pay attention to protection and regular physical examinations in the prevention and treatment of pneumoconiosis. Dust, also known as sand dust, dust, dust, mineral dust, sand dust, etc., is generally referred to as solid particles suspended in the air. Dust can be divided into inorganic dust (mineral dust, metallic dust, etc.), organic dust (animal hair, plant cotton, linen, grass, etc.) and mixed dust, and can also be divided into production dust and life dust.

The sources of industrial dust are very wide, such as mining, ore crushing, sand cleaning, cement processing, chemical granular raw material processing and packaging, etc. Industrial dust seriously affects human health and can induce a variety of diseases.

Pneumoconiosis is a systemic disease characterized by diffuse fibrosis of lung tissue due to long-term inhalation of dust.

In occupational activities, pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of productive dust is called occupational pneumoconiosis, which is in contrast to the life pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of dust due to long-term exposure to sandstorms in the northwest region of my country.

Of course, this also shows from another perspective the importance of protecting against dust and haze and improving the environment for health.

Currently, pneumoconiosis is divided into 13 types according to the type of work and dust, including silicosis, coal worker's pneumoconiosis, graphite pneumoconiosis, carbon black pneumoconiosis, asbestosis, talc pneumoconiosis, cement pneumoconiosis, mica pneumoconiosis, potters' pneumoconiosis, welders' pneumoconiosis, foundry workers' pneumoconiosis and other pneumoconiosis.

Early diagnosis of pneumoconiosis is difficult

Dust that enters the human body can cause a variety of diseases and injuries. In addition to pneumoconiosis, dust is also related to chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary emphysema, asthma, allergic rhinitis, immune diseases, and cardiovascular diseases such as arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death. In addition, dust inhalation is also closely related to the occurrence of cancer.

Pneumoconiosis can cause a variety of clinical discomforts, but there may be no discomfort in the early stage, and it is only discovered during physical examination or chest X-ray examination. After pneumoconiosis progresses, there may be cough, sputum, chest tightness, chest pain, dyspnea and other discomforts. In the later stage, it can cause severe hypoxia and fatal systemic multi-organ damage and symptoms.

Because pneumoconiosis has an insidious onset and lung signs and X-ray examinations often lack specificity, early diagnosis is often difficult.

Pneumoconiosis patients often have respiratory diseases . Pneumoconiosis was once considered an incurable disease, but clinical studies have now found that this is not the case. In recent years, there have been many new advances in the understanding and treatment of pneumoconiosis, especially pneumoconiosis caused by dust. People with pneumoconiosis can still live to be 100 years old.

Some pneumoconiosis patients have a mild diagnosis but severe clinical symptoms. This is because dust is closely related to pneumoconiosis, asthma, chronic bronchitis, immune diseases and other diseases. Patients often have multiple respiratory diseases, such as severe or special infections (such as tuberculosis, Aspergillus, etc.), pulmonary embolism, pulmonary vasculitis, pneumothorax, bullous lungs, interstitial pneumonia and other lung diseases, which need to be treated separately and other complications should be treated actively.