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Occupational Asthma
Alternate Names : Asthma - Occupational Exposure, Byssinosis - Work-Aggravated Asthma, Irritant-Induced Reactive Airways Disease
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Calling Your Health Care Provider
Call your health care provider if signs of occupational asthma develop.
Call your health care provider if you have occupational asthma and signs of respiratory infection, or if other new symptoms, develop.
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• Definition
• Occupational Asthma Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
• Occupational Asthma Symptoms & Signs
• Occupational Asthma Prevention
• Occupational Asthma Diagnosis & Tests
• Occupational Asthma Treatment
• Occupational Asthma Prognosis
• Occupational Asthma Complications
• Occupational Asthma Support Groups
• Calling Your Health Care Provider
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• Allergen
• Asthma and Allergy - Resources
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• Cough
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• Respiratory
• Stress and Anxiety
• Wheezing
Review Date : 5/7/2003
Reviewed By : David A. Kaufman, M.D., Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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