Coal pneumoconiosis. Medical search. Frequent questions

Coal worker's pneumoconiosis (CWP) is a lung disease that results from breathing in dust from coal, graphite, or man-made carbon over a long time. (medlineplus.gov)
Ask your provider about treating and managing coal worker's pneumoconiosis. (medlineplus.gov)
There is no cure for coal worker's pneumoconiosis (Black Lung disease). (nationaljewish.org)
If a person is diagnosed with coal worker's pneumoconiosis treatment is typically supportive with timely treatment of respiratory infections, surveillance for mycobacterial infections such as tuberculosis, immunizations for influenza and pneumococcal pneumonia, supplemental oxygen at rest and/or with exertion if needed, smoking cessation, and regular exercise to maintain overall health and good respiratory muscle strength. (nationaljewish.org)
Gross specimen demonstrating simple coal worker's pneumoconiosis. (medscape.com)
Coal worker's Pneumoconiosis, or miner's lungs, refers to chronic inhalation of high-carbon coal and rarely graphite, typically over 20 years. (alike.health)
Coal worker's pneumoconiosis : Overview, Causes, & Risk. (health32.com)
The most common form of Pneumoconiosis is coal worker's Pneumoconiosis, known as CWP. (disability-benefits-help.org)

[ 5 ] Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) is also known as "black lung disease," one of the most common conditions that belong in the category of CMDLD, along with silicosis, mixed-dust pneumoconiosis with coexistent silica exposure, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and dust-related diffuse fibrosis. (medscape.com)
Also see Silicosis and Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis . (medscape.com)
Among interstitial lung disorders, silicosis and coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) are the most widespread fibrotic lung diseases. (ersjournals.com)
The three most common types are asbestosis, silicosis, and coal miner's lung. (wikipedia.org)
Depending upon the type of dust, the disease is given different names: Coalworker's pneumoconiosis (also known as coal miner's lung, black lung or anthracosis) - coal, carbon Aluminosis - Aluminium Asbestosis - asbestos Silicosis (also known as "grinder's disease" or Potter's rot) - crystalline silica dust Bauxite fibrosis - bauxite Berylliosis - beryllium Siderosis - iron Byssinosis - Byssinosis is caused by cotton dust inhalation and typically demonstrates a different pattern of lung abnormalities from most other pneumoconiosis. (wikipedia.org)
Silicosis is a pneumoconiosis usually caused by inhaling crystalline free silica (silicon dioxide, quartz) dust and characterized by discrete nodular pulmonary fibrosis and, in more advanced stages, by conglomerate fibrosis and respiratory impairment. (digitalfire.com)
Diseases that are entirely work-related, including asbestosis, silicosis, and coal workers' pneumoconiosis (black lung), were not included. (ajmc.com)
A chronic dust disease of the lung arising out of employment in the Nation's coal mines, and includes coal workers' pneumoconiosis, anthracosilicosis, anthracosis, anthrosilicosis, massive pulmonary fibrosis, progressive massive fibrosis, silicosis, or silicotuberculosis, arising out of such employment. (justia.com)

Using data from the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) for the period 1996-2014, Blackley and colleagues identified 47 lung-transplant cases in which the patient's primary diagnosis was "coal workers' pneumoconiosis" or pneumoconiosis unspecified. (scienceblogs.com)
Anthracosis has previously been used synonymously for coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) (black lung disease) or for describing the process of detecting a substantial amount of pulmonary carbon deposits on autopsies secondary to recurrent exposure to several factors, such as air pollution, smoke inhalation, or coal dust fragments. (medscape.com)
Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) is a chronic occupational lung disease caused by long-term inhalation of dust, which triggers inflammation of the alveoli, eventually resulting in irreversible lung damage. (cdc.gov)
Despite significant progress made in reducing dust exposures in underground coal miners in the United States, severe cases of coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), including progressive massive fibrosis (PMF), continue to occur among coal miners. (bmj.com)
Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) is a slowly progressive parenchymal lung disease caused by the inhalation of coal mine dust. (bmj.com)
Pneumoconiosis, specifically Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis (CWP), is a type of occupational lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust. (sellularhealth.com)
Title : Profusion of opacities in simple coal workers' pneumoconiosis is associated with reduced lung function Personal Author(s) : Blackley, David J.;Laney, A. Scott;Halldin, Cara N.;Cohen, Robert A. (cdc.gov)
Only four had classic lesions of simple coal workers' pneumoconiosis. (northwestern.edu)
This study is aimed to evaluate the cancer risk among patients with coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) using a nationwide population-based dataset. (tmu.edu.tw)
Using a nationwide population-based dataset with large patient numbers, this study revealed an increased cancer risk among patients with coal workers' pneumoconiosis in Asia. (tmu.edu.tw)
The authors recommend intensified cancer surveillance in patients with coal workers' pneumoconiosis to accelerate cancer detection and optimize treatment. (tmu.edu.tw)
Black lung disease is the common name for coal workers' pneumoconiosis. (wsws.org)
Lee has cross-petitioned for review of that part of the Board's opinion that affirmed the ALJ's denial of his claim for income benefits due to coal workers' pneumoconiosis. (findlaw.com)
Lee became employed by Webster County Coal in August 1979, where he continued to be exposed to the hazards of coal workers' pneumoconiosis and loud noise. (findlaw.com)
The middle slide depicts a lung with fibrotic tissue resulting from simple coal workers' pneumoconiosis or black lung. (npr.org)
In 2005, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) reported a concerning increase in rapidly progressive coal workers pneumoconiosis (CWP), particularly in young miners (Antao et al. (acoem.org)
A project to maintain a Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program (CWHSP) designed to identify the incidence and progression of coal workers' pneumoconiosis in all coal miners. (cdc.gov)

Surface coal mine operators should monitor worker exposures closely to ensure that both respirable dust and silica are below recommended levels to prevent CWP. (cdc.gov)
Moreover, it appeared that coal mine dust was more aggressive than similar concentrations of pure silica, suggesting that cytokine secretion induced by coal mine dust was not exclusively related to the presence of silica but resulted from a complex interaction between the different components. (ersjournals.com)
Possible explanations for the increased silica exposure include disregard for health and safety regulations, greater silica content in the coal mining dust, less accessible coal seams that require cutting through more rock, and changes in work practices, such as the use of high-powered equipment that can produce more dust with finer particles. (msdmanuals.com)
The quantity of crystalline silica in coal mining dust is also an important risk factor for progressive disease. (msdmanuals.com)
Silica, asbestos, and beryllium are more reactive than coal dust, resulting in fibrotic reactions at lower concentrations. (wikipedia.org)
The term "pneumoconiosis" summarizes all lung diseases caused by excessive exposure to dust (e.g., silica, asbestos, coal, and mixed dust), which often occurs in the workplace. (nature.com)
Conclusions: Our findings suggest that rapidly progressive pneumoconiosis in these miners was associated with exposure to coal mine dust containing high concentrations of respirable silica and silicates. (northwestern.edu)
Contributing factors may include mining of thin coal seams or cutting rock to access coal , which may expose miners to coal mine dust with a higher content of silica and silicates than in the past. (bvsalud.org)
A study published by Occupational and Environmental Medicine found that "coal miners are being exposed to excessive amounts of respirable crystalline silica," which is increasing the spread of black lung among miners. (wsws.org)
The report's author theorizes that mining conducted in smaller seams and by cutting though more rock to reach the coal has exposed miners to more of the deadly silica. (wsws.org)
Reducing the amount of coal dust and silica in the air that miners breathe and reducing the length of time that miners breathe the dust is the only way to prevent it. (wsws.org)
Progressive massive fibrosis is an especially aggressive form, blamed on inhalation of silica dust from the cutting of quartz rock and coal together. (npr.org)
Sliced sections of lungs show the damage and disease caused by excessive exposure to coal and silica dust. (npr.org)
MSHA's silica exposure limit is woefully out of date and inappropriately linked to coal dust monitoring, which limits MSHA's ability to cite and fine mine owners for overexposures to silica (OIG, 2020). (acoem.org)
In particular, ACOEM recommends that MSHA enact standards for respirable crystalline silica (not just quartz) for both coal mines and metal-non-metal mines. (acoem.org)
The best way to avoid a possible case of Pneumoconiosis is to avoid prolonged inhalation of harmful substances like coal dust, silica, and asbestos. (disability-benefits-help.org)

Coal worker pneumoconiosis is a lung disease caused by deposits of coal mining dust in the lungs. (msdmanuals.com)
In simple coal worker pneumoconiosis, coal mining dust collects around the small airways (bronchioles) of the lungs. (msdmanuals.com)
People with simple coal worker pneumoconiosis typically do not have breathing symptoms. (msdmanuals.com)
Complicated coal worker pneumoconiosis or progressive massive fibrosis, a more serious form of the disease, develops in some people with simple coal worker pneumoconiosis. (msdmanuals.com)
Following the enactment of the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act in 1969, there was a decline in coal worker pneumoconiosis in the United States. (msdmanuals.com)
However, since the late 1990s there has been a resurgence of coal worker pneumoconiosis, especially severe progressive disease. (msdmanuals.com)
Cumulative dust exposure is the most important risk factor in the development of coal worker pneumoconiosis. (msdmanuals.com)
Miners working in underground mines, closer to the extraction point, and those involved in cutting or drilling are at greater risk of coal worker pneumoconiosis. (msdmanuals.com)
Unclassifiable ILDs, autoimmune ILDs, chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis, sarcoidosis, myositis, Sjögren syndrome, coal worker pneumoconiosis, and idiopathic forms of interstitial pneumonias (eg, idiopathic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia [NSIP]) are among the diseases that may develop a progressive form of chronic fibrosing ILD. (medscape.com)

In enacting the Black Lung Benefits Act of 1972, the Congress noted that adjudication of the large backlog of claims generated by the earlier law could not await the establishment of facilities and development of medical tests not presently available to evaluate disability due to pneumoconiosis, and that such claims must be handled under present circumstances in the light of limited medical resources and techniques. (ssa.gov)

Mr. Martin sent his note to the Labor Department's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) to comment on the agency's proposed rule to reduce workers' exposure to respirable coal mine dust---the dust that damaged his lungs so severely. (scienceblogs.com)
To prevent CWP, the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 established the current federal exposure limit for respirable dust in underground and surface coal mines. (cdc.gov)
Exposure to respirable dust is thought to be less in surface than underground coal miners. (cdc.gov)
In the United States, following publicity on the plight of coal miners, Congress passed the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, 3 which placed strict controls on airborne respirable dust concentrations in underground coal mines. (bmj.com)
The impact of recently implemented changes, such as the reduced occupational exposure limit for respirable coal mine dust and the introduction of continuous personal dust monitors, will likely take years to appropriately evaluate. (bvsalud.org)

When these particles are introduced into the respiratory tract, they can cause a reactive process in the lung tissue known as pneumoconiosis. (medscape.com)
Coal miners have increased risk of direct lung health impacts, including Black Lung Disease, also known as pneumoconiosis. (lung.org)

On Sunday my neighbor asked me: "What do you think about all those coal miners with black lung? (scienceblogs.com)
Update below (1/30/2016) A new paper by NIOSH researchers explores the use of lung transplants for individuals with work-related pneumoconiosis, including black lung disease. (scienceblogs.com)
For more than 50 years, he diagnosed and treated coal miners with work-related lung disease, first at the then Miners Memorial Hospital in Beckley, WV and later at his own black lung clinic. (scienceblogs.com)
My jaw continues to drop when I think about the scathing reports this month from the Center for Public Integrity about the law firm Jackson Kelly and their scheming with clients to screw coal miners out of black lung benefits. (scienceblogs.com)
In "Coal industry's go-to law firm withheld evidence of black lung, at expense of sick miners," Chris Hamby explains the deceitful and devious manner in which Jackson Kelly attorneys intentionally withheld medical reports that validate diagnoses of serious respiratory disease in coal miners. (scienceblogs.com)
Since 1997, both the rate and number of US coal miners with black lung disease have been rising, reversing decades of decline. (wsws.org)
The rise in black lung is directly related to the push by coal operators to extract greater profits by extracting more coal in a shorter time with fewer workers. (wsws.org)
Black lung results from exposure to coal dust. (npr.org)
that definitively demonstrates that we are in the midst of an epidemic of black lung disease in central Appalachia," Laney said Thursday in Morgantown, W.Va., during a presentation before a National Academy of Sciences committee investigating efforts to control the coal mine dust that causes the disease. (npr.org)
A display case at NIOSH shows a normal lung and a diseased black lung, caused by inhaling coal dust and other harmful particles while coal mining. (npr.org)
Federal Black Lung claims have long been fought and regulations have certainly changed over the years, but even in light of efforts for the United States to reduce their own carbon footprint, coal is still necessary to power our homes. (nala.org)
And where there are coal miners, there is pneumoconiosis, more commonly known as black lung disease. (nala.org)
Surprisingly though, the regulations and research that went into the amendments to Federal Black Lung Regulations all accept the belief that smoking and coal dust exposure have an additive effect when it comes to the damage on your lungs. (nala.org)
However, his coal mine employment continued until he was forced to stop work 3 months prior to his filing for Black Lung Benefits. (ssa.gov)
The issue to be resolved is whether the evidence submitted in connection with W's Black Lung claim establishes that, due to a chronic respiratory impairment, which, under the law, may be presumed to be due to pneumoconiosis, he is totally disabled within the context of the Black Lung regulations. (ssa.gov)
pneumoconiosis, also known as black lung disease , because of long-term exposure to coal dust. (scmp.com)

a major type of pneumoconiosis) has been increasing over the last decade and now exceeds 10% among long-tenured miners nationwide and 20% in central Appalachia 1 . (nature.com)

Pneumoconiosis and byssinosis. (bmj.com)

My neighbor was referring to the latest story by NPR's Howard Berkes about nearly 2,000 cases of progressive massive pulmonary fibrosis (PMF) diagnosed in the last six years among Appalachian coal miners. (scienceblogs.com)
Gross specimen demonstrating progressive massive fibrosis in a coal miner. (medscape.com)
Progressive massive fibrosis may worsen even after exposure to coal mining dust stops. (msdmanuals.com)
Recently, rapid development of progressive massive fibrosis has been found among young coal miners, especially in the eastern United States. (msdmanuals.com)
Pneumoconiosis is the general term for a class of interstitial lung disease where inhalation of dust ( for example, ash dust, lead particles, pollen grains etc) has caused interstitial fibrosis. (wikipedia.org)
Some people who have been exposed to coal dust have severe lung scarring that makes it difficult for their lungs to carry oxygen to their bloodstream (called progressive massive fibrosis). (stlukes-stl.com)
Rationale: Recent reports of progressive massive fibrosis and rapidly progressive pneumoconiosis in U.S. coal miners have raised concerns about excessive exposures to coal mine dust, despite reports of declining dust levels. (northwestern.edu)
Inhalation of coal dust causes pneumoconiosis, a group of lung diseases including fibrosis and emphysema. (tmu.edu.tw)
The latest research shows that the prevalence of pneumoconiosis , including progressive massive fibrosis , continues to increase, especially in central Appalachia . (bvsalud.org)
As coal dust accumulates in the lungs-the body is capable of neither dissolving nor expelling the coal-lung tissue is destroyed, reducing lung capacity and leading to fibrosis and a greater risk of emphysema, chronic bronchitis and other respiratory illnesses. (wsws.org)
In many cases, the coal macules only produce minor fibrosis, or scarring of the lung tissue, and can sometimes cause shortness of breath (emphysema). (disability-benefits-help.org)

Radiographic evidence of disease progression was evaluated for underground coal miners examined through US federal chest radiograph surveillance programmes from 1996 to 2002. (bmj.com)
In 1980, the International Labor Organization (ILO) established a standardized system to classify radiographic abnormalities of pneumoconiosis according to the profusion level of small opacities observed in the lung 10 . (nature.com)
Alternatively, a physician can find that the miner has legal pneumoconiosis, which is not identified through radiographic studies but can be subjective to the expert's opinion. (nala.org)

[ 4 ] Through constant exposure and inhalation of coal dust particles, coal miners are at an increased risk for developing respiratory illnesses categorized as coal mine dust lung disease (CMDLD). (medscape.com)
This act directed the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to study the causes and consequences of coal related respiratory disease, and, in cooperation with the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), to carry out a programme for early detection and prevention of CWP. (bmj.com)
Legal pneumoconiosis, simply stated, is a respiratory impairment caused by coal mine employment. (nala.org)
Even asthma can be caused by exposure to coal dust, but many experts argue that asthma is reversible and thus cannot cause a permanently disabling respiratory condition. (nala.org)
Pneumoconiosis is recognized by the Social Security Administration as a disabling condition, and is listed under Respiratory System in the Adult Listings of Impairments. (disability-benefits-help.org)
Historically, coal miners (pneumoconiosis) and exposure to asbestos (asbestosis) were significant problems, but these exposures have lessened due to the use of protective respiratory equipment. (stanford.edu)

Mixed-dust pneumoconiosis The reaction of the lung to mineral dusts depends on many variables, including size, shape, solubility, and reactivity of the particles. (wikipedia.org)
Parenchymal lung diseases due to chronic inhalation of inorganic (mineral) dusts are called pneumoconioses. (digitalfire.com)
Pneumoconiosis is a lung disease that is caused from prolonged inhalation of harmful dusts which results in damage to lung tissue. (disability-benefits-help.org)
Once Pneumoconiosis develops it cannot be reversed, and in many cases the condition will get progressively worse even after exposure to the harmful dusts has stopped. (disability-benefits-help.org)

The Act also established a surveillance system for assessing prevalence of pneumoconiosis among underground coal miners, but this surveillance does not extend to surface coal miners. (cdc.gov)
With enforcement of the exposure limit, the prevalence of CWP among underground coal miners declined from 11.2% during 1970-1974 to 2.0% during 1995-1999, before increasing unexpectedly in the last decade, particularly in Central Appalachia ( 1,2 ). (cdc.gov)
To assess the prevalence, severity, and geographic distribution of pneumoconiosis among current surface coal miners, CDC obtained chest radiographs of 2,328 miners during 2010-2011 through the Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). (cdc.gov)
The prevalence as of 2021 of pneumoconiosis is around 527,500 cases, with over 60,000 new patients reported globally in 2017. (wikipedia.org)
Pneumoconiosis is a major occupational lung disease with increasing prevalence and severity worldwide. (nature.com)

that results from inhaling coal mining dust over a long time, often 10 years or more. (msdmanuals.com)

Coal dust particles are created during the process of coal production. (medscape.com)
The presence of these particles can obstruct the airways and lead to primary lesions composed of coal dust, macrophages, and fibroblasts. (medscape.com)
In vitro exposure of AMs (obtained from healthy subjects) to coal dust particles triggered a significant release of tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukin-6, by comparison with titanium dioxide used as a biologically inert control dust. (ersjournals.com)
Objectives: To evaluate the histologic abnormalities and retained dust particles in available coal miner lung pathology specimens, and to compare these findings with those derived from corresponding chest radiographs. (northwestern.edu)
When coal dust particles enter the lungs, they irritate the delicate lung tissue and eventually become imbedded around the bronchioles and alveoli. (disability-benefits-help.org)

Work histories, including tenures in surface and underground coal mining, were collected from each miner. (cdc.gov)
That's equivalent to one miner cutting around a tonne of coal every day, by hand. (historyextra.com)
And by 1914, a miner was killed every six hours, and severely injured every two hours, in the British coal industry. (historyextra.com)
The term miner means any individual who was or is employed in the Nation's coal mines. (justia.com)
The term "total disability" has the meaning given to it by the Secretary's regulations, except that a miner shall be considered to be totally disabled when pneumoconiosis prevents him from engaging in gainful employment requiring the skills and abilities comparable to those of any employment in a mine in which he previously engaged with some regularity and over a substantial period of time. (justia.com)

Lung damage due to pneumoconiosis cannot be reversed. (wikipedia.org)

The crude prevalences of CWP, PMF, advanced pneumoconiosis, and r-type opacities among participating surface coal miners were calculated. (cdc.gov)

One of the most common disabilities experienced by miners - and one that current and former mineworkers are still suffering, and dying, from - is pneumoconiosis, a lung disease caused by prolonged exposure to coal dust, which accumulates in the lungs", says Curtis. (historyextra.com)

During 2010-2011, the Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program mobile surveillance unit traveled to 16 of the 17 states * with active surface coal mines to offer chest radiographs to miners. (cdc.gov)
Health officials cite the longer hours miners are working, worsening conditions in the mines, and the drive to get coal from more difficult locations as reasons for the increase. (wsws.org)
Coal operators have responded by boosting production at existing mines and reopening mines that were previously considered mined out. (wsws.org)
Where there are coal mines, there are coal miners. (nala.org)
W, 62 years old, completed the 10th grade and was employed for 32 years i the coal mines as a handloader, timberman and motorman. (ssa.gov)
The term "pneumoconiosis" is defined as a chronic dust disease of the lung arising out of employment in the Nation's coal mines. (justia.com)
Retired after a 40-year career in the industry, Jin is now helping develop systems that will cut the risk of workers getting injured or dying in the coal mines. (scmp.com)

A large body of evidence demonstrates dose-response relationships of cumulative coal mine dust exposure with lung function impairment and with small opacity profusion. (cdc.gov)
and 4) his/her totally disabling impairment was substantially caused by pneumoconiosis. (nala.org)

Shortness of breath and coughing may occur, but are usually related to other conditions such as emphysema that can accompany the continued inhalation of coal dust and other irritants, and do not establish the existence of Pneumoconiosis. (disability-benefits-help.org)

Excessive exposures to coal dust can overwhelm the lungs' mechanism to clear these particulates, causing them to accumulate over time. (medscape.com)
This spontaneous cytokine release was associated with an increased cytokine messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) expression in the lungs of coal miners. (ersjournals.com)
Large scars (at least ½ inch [about 1.3 centimeters] in diameter) develop in the lungs as a reaction to coal mining dust. (msdmanuals.com)
Coal dust is relatively inert, and large amounts must be deposited in the lungs before lung disease is clinically detectable. (wikipedia.org)

There are no real outward symptoms of Pneumoconiosis. (disability-benefits-help.org)

The physician recently advised the claimant to terminate his coal mine employment because of a worsening of his condition and W followed this advice. (ssa.gov)

Pneumoconiosis is a group of interstitial lung diseases caused by long term dust inhalation. (alike.health)

Finally, the diagnosis for each subject (normal, stage I, II, or III pneumoconiosis) was determined by summarizing the subregion-based prediction results. (nature.com)
Current clinical diagnosis of pneumoconiosis is mainly based on the examination of chest radiographs (i.e. (nature.com)
However, radiograph-based diagnosis of pneumoconiosis still requires a well-trained and experienced radiologist to visually identify subtle graphic patterns and features described in the ILO guidelines. (nature.com)
For example, the concordance in pneumoconiosis diagnosis is between 85 and 90% among expert radiologists 11 , and around 80% in general medical staff 12 in the United States. (nature.com)
A diagnosis of Pneumoconiosis is determined based on a known history of prolonged dust exposure as well as chest x-rays and CT scans to verify the presence of the nodules caused from the imbedding of the irritants. (disability-benefits-help.org)
In order to receive a disability determination with a diagnosis of Pneumoconiosis, the SSA requires the establishment of the previous two criteria using specific tests. (disability-benefits-help.org)

Chest radiographs were interpreted according to the International Labor Organization classification scheme to determine if criteria for rapidly progressive pneumoconiosis were confirmed. (northwestern.edu)

Clinicians should be aware of the risk for advanced pneumoconiosis among surface coal miners, in addition to underground coal miners, to facilitate prompt disease identification and intervention. (cdc.gov)
4 Data from these two programmes indicate that 3.2% of the approximately 35 000 currently employed underground coal miners in the USA have chest x ray evidence of CWP, representing a substantial reduction since 1970 when one out of every three underground coal miners showed disease. (bmj.com)

If the classifications of the presence or severity of pneumoconiosis by two B Readers were not in agreement, the radiograph was sent for classification to a third B Reader. (cdc.gov)
These coal macules, as they are termed, can be sparse or numerous, depending on the severity of the case. (disability-benefits-help.org)

Pneumoconiosis in combination with multiple pulmonary rheumatoid nodules in rheumatoid arthritis patients is known as Caplan's syndrome. (wikipedia.org)
Regarding diagnostic tests, both low-dose chest CT scans and diffusion capacity as part of pulmonary function testing have been found to be more sensitive for early evidence of progressive pneumoconiosis (Perret et al. (acoem.org)
Many experts will tell you that the pathology of smoke-induced chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) is truly no different than that of coal dust exposure COPD. (nala.org)

An ILO profusion subcategory of ≥2/1 was considered advanced pneumoconiosis. (cdc.gov)

Because of the lengthy and unnoticeable progression of pneumoconiosis, and the seriousness of its outcomes, regular screening of the population at potential risk is the key to the early intervention and prevention of pneumoconiosis. (nature.com)

The south Wales coalfield is basin-shaped, with coal seams dipping from the rim to the centre," says Curtis. (historyextra.com)

Wear a protective mask when working around coal, graphite, or man-made carbon. (medlineplus.gov)
Power plants that burn coal, oil and gas are the largest source of carbon pollution, the biggest driver of climate change . (lung.org)

Prevention by minimizing exposure to coal mining dust is important. (msdmanuals.com)

The findings of the pneumoconiosis panels have often brought the authority of the coroner's court into disrepute. (theyworkforyou.com)
X-ray findings were negative for pneumoconiosis and ventilatory function tests showed an FEV1 of 2.7 L. and an MVV of 108 L/Min. (ssa.gov)
There is a rebuttable presumption of total disability where the existence of pneumoconiosis is established by X-ray, biopsy, or autopsy findings or, under certain conditions, where ventilatory tests show a level of lung function equivalent to or less than the applicable values specified in the table in this section. (ssa.gov)

The mortality of pneumoconiosis patients remained at a high level in recent years, with over 21,000 deaths each year since 2015. (wikipedia.org)

Huawei Technologies Co founder and chief executive Ren Zhengfei is interviewed in Taiyuan, capital of coal mining hub Shanxi province, on February 9, 2021. (scmp.com)

The disease is common in coal miners and is characterized by the accumulation. (sellularhealth.com)
PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review summarizes recent research on pneumoconiosis in coal workers following the identification of the resurgence of this disease among US coal miners in the early 2000s. (bvsalud.org)
Pneumoconiosis is lung disease that is caused by breathing in certain types of dust. (safeworkaustralia.gov.au)
NPR's ongoing investigation of the advanced stage of the fatal lung disease that afflicts coal miners has identified an additional 1,000 cases in Appalachia. (npr.org)
Pneumoconiosis is considered an occupational lung disease because it is most often contracted due to working in conditions that result in the prolonged inhalation of harmful substances that are known to cause lung disease. (disability-benefits-help.org)
30 U.S.C. § 924(a). [1] The purpose of Title IV is to provide benefits to coal miners who are totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis and to the surviving dependents of miners whose death was due to such disease or who were totally disabled by this disease at the time of their death. (justia.com)

This study develops a deep learning-based model for screening and staging of pneumoconiosis using man-annotated chest radiographs. (nature.com)

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