Public Health - External factors affecting lung disease Flashcards
What are 2 classes of occupational lung disease?
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis and Pneumoconiosis
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What are examples of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?
Farmer's lung Bird Breeder's lung Cheese Worker's lung Mollusc shell hypersensitivity Slide 8
What are examples of Pneumoconiosis?
Asbestosis
Silicosis
Coal Worker’s Lung
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How does chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis affect lungs?
Causes extensive fibrosis with ‘honeycombing’ and traps air. Slide 10
How do you manage chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis?
Focus on antigen avoidance. Slide 10
What jobs did most people get exposure to dangerous particles or fumes?
Ship building
Mining
Heat insulation and building.
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What are environmental sources of lung disease?
Asbestos Mould Cooking smoke Passive smoking Air/traffic pollution Slide 19
What are the 2 types of smog?
Photochemical smog and London smog. Slide 34
What makes up photochemical smog?
Ozone NO NO2 Volatile organic compounds Slide 34
What makes up london smog?
Fly ash SO2 NaCl Calcium sulphate particles Comes form high sulphur coal. Slide 34
How do traffic fumes effect lungs?
Reduced lung growth in adolescents
Increased rates of asthma/COPD
Increased rates of respiratory symptoms e.g. wheeze, cough, breathlessness. Slide 36
Inhaling many substances can have effects outside the lungs, what could they be?
Low birth weight Appendicitis Stroke Neurodegenerative disease Slide 37
What are dioxins?
A subset of persistent organic compounds present in people and animal fats due to bioaccumulation. Slide 39
What is environmental injustice?
Fair treatment to things no matter what they are e.g. enough water on planet for everyone it is just not evenly distributed. Slide 45
What are ideal growth conditions for legionella?
Warm, stagnant water.
In cooling towers, spas and hospital plumbing. Slide 53
