Friday, October 26, 2018
M10.8 Blog about an occupationally-related disease
Byssinosis or "brown lung disease" is an occupational lung disease that is caused by exposure to cotton dust in inadequately ventilated working environments. Mainly through yarn and fabric manufacture industries it is common in. Cotton dust is directly causes the disease that reach the lungs. Brown lung can result in narrowing of the airways, lung scarring and death from respiratory failure. Affected works should be offered alternative employment or should be taken out of the conditions. Continued exposure leads to development of persistent symptoms and measures should be taken to prevent this. It is a scary thought that workers can be affected by this. We hope that these workers are helped in these conditions and change happen to help them.
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Hi Snay,
ReplyDeleteThanks for post regarding Byssinosis or "brown lung disease". I briefly remember studying about his disease while I was in Medical School but I've forgotten quite a bit of detail regarding this disease so I appreciate the information you've shared in your post.
Thanks for sharing additional information about "brown lung disease". I hadn't heard of this before, so the information was quite new to me. I'm assuming this may be common in workers who are employed in the textile industry. Did you find any statistics on its prevalence? Since many textile jobs are outsourced to other countries, I'm assuming we may see this more in developing countries than in developed countries. This is concerning, especially considering the limited rights of workers across borders.
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