Occupational Lung Disease
Occupational Lung Disease is a direct result of something that you have came into contact with at work. The term Occupational Lung Disease covers a range of damage, affecting things such as the tubes that carry air in and out of the lungs (airways), the tiny air sacs where oxygen is transferred from the air we breathe into our blood stream. Other damage may affect the thin lining between our lungs and ribcage.
The symptoms of Occupational Lung Disease don’t necessarily start straight after the exposure of coming into contact with damaging substances. The symptoms that surround Occupational Lung Disease are often:
- Chest pain
- Prolonged coughing
- Breathlessness
- Wheezing during working days
- Nails appearing bluish and of a different shape
It is believed certain work environments can increase your chance of developing Occupational Lung Disease, miners being at a very high risk as they are in such enclosed spaces meaning they are breathing in large amounts of coal dust on a daily basis.
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