What is Silicosis?

What is Silicosis?

• Silicosis: An occupation lung disease caused by breathing in silica dust.
• Silicosis: Pneumoconiosis due to the inhalation of dust of stone, sand, or flint containing silicon dioxide, with formation of generalized, nodular fibrotic changes in both lungs. (Dorland, 27th ed)
  Source - Diseases Database
• Silicosis: a lung disease caused by inhaling particles of silica or quartz or slate.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Silicosis: Introduction

Types of Silicosis:

Broader types of Silicosis:

• Lung conditions
• Interstitial lung disease
• more types...»

How serious is Silicosis?

Complications of Silicosis: see complications of Silicosis
Deaths for Silicosis: 82 deaths in America 2001(NCHS, 2003)

What causes Silicosis?

Causes of Silicosis: see causes of Silicosis
Risk factors for Silicosis: see risk factors for Silicosis

What are the symptoms of Silicosis?

Symptoms of Silicosis: see symptoms of Silicosis

Complications of Silicosis: see complications of Silicosis

Can anyone else get Silicosis?

Inheritance: see inheritance of Silicosis

Silicosis: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Silicosis.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Silicosis.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Silicosis: see treatments for Silicosis
Prevention of Silicosis: see prevention of Silicosis
Research for Silicosis: see research for Silicosis

Society issues for Silicosis

Hospitalization statistics for Silicosis: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Silicosis:

• 0.0002% (24) of hospital consultant episodes were for pneumoconiosis due to dust containing silica in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 67% of hospital consultant episodes for pneumoconiosis due to dust containing silica required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 88% of hospital consultant episodes for pneumoconiosis due to dust containing silica were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 12% of hospital consultant episodes for pneumoconiosis due to dust containing silica were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• more statistics...»

Organs Affected by Silicosis:

Organs and body systems related to Silicosis include:

• Lung

Name and Aliases of Silicosis

Main name of condition: Silicosis

potter's asthma, Chronic silicosis, Accelerated silicosis, Acute silicosis, Experimental silicosis

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

• Chronic bronchitis
• COPD
• Emphysema
• Asthma
• Aspergillosis
• Tuberculosis
• Lung abscess
• Pleural effusion
• Pneumothorax
• Flail chest
• Lung collase
• Lung fibrosis
• Pneumoconiosis
• Pneumonia

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