Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
Cotton worker's lung; Cotton bract disease; Mill fever; Brown lung
Symptoms
- Chest tightness
- Cough
Wheezing
Symptoms will get worse at the beginning of the work week, and then improve while you are away from the workplace, or later in the work week.
Signs and tests
Your health care provider will take a detailed medical history, and will ask many questions to try to find out whether your symptoms relate to certain exposures or times of exposure. The health care provider will also do a physical exam, with special attention to the lungs. Other tests include:
Chest x-ray Pulmonary function tests
Images
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Review Date: 04/16/2009
Reviewed By: David A. Kaufman, MD, Section Chief, Pulmonary, Critical Care &
Sleep Medicine, Bridgeport Hospital-Yale New Haven Health System,
and Assistant Clinical Professor, Yale University School of
Medicine, New Haven, CT. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare
Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director,
A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
