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Byssinosis
Alternate Names : Cotton Bract Disease, Cotton Worker's Lung
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Byssinosis Diagnosis & Tests
Your health care provider will take a detailed medical history, including many questions to try to relate your symptoms to specific exposures or times of exposure. A physical exam, with special attention to the lungs is also done. Other tests include:
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• Definition
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• Byssinosis Prevention
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• Byssinosis Treatment
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• Byssinosis Complications
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Topics that might be of interest to you Diseases & Conditions
• Lung Disease
• Occupational Asthma
Tests & Exams
• Chest X-Ray
• Pulmonary Function Tests
Other Topics
• Chronic
• Respiratory
• Wheezing
Review Date : 10/22/2003
Reviewed By : Allen J. Blaivas, D.O., Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University Hospital, Newark, NJ. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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