What do you mean by occupational lung disease? Enumerate the prevention measure that should be adopted by a person likely to be exposed to substances that cause occupational diseases?
Occupational lung disease as the name suggests it is the disease of lung due to the occupation of the human. Cause: These are caused by harmful substances, such as gas fumes or dust, present in the environment where a person works. Silicosis and asbestoses are common examples, which occur due to chronic exposure of silica and asbestos dust in the mining industry. Symptoms: It is characterized by the proliferation of fibrous connective tissue (fibrosis) of upper part of lung, causing inflammation. Prevention: The occupational disease expresses symptoms after chronic exposure (i.e., 10-15 years or even more). Most of the occupational diseases including silicosis and asbestosis is are incurable. Therefore, the person which is exposed to such irritants should adopt preventive measures. These protective measures are as follows: (i) Minimize the exposure of harmful dust at the workplace. (ii) Workers should be informed about the harm of exposure to such dust. (iii) Workers must have protective gear and clothing at the workplace. (iv) health of the workers should be regularly checked up.
