T4 L17: Occupational lung disease

Question 1

What causes mesothelioma?

Answer 1

Asbestos exposure

Question 2

What is pneumoconiosis?

Answer 2

Coal-workers lung

Question 3

What is coal-workers lung?

Answer 3

A disease that causes progressive massive fibrosis of the lungs

Question 4

What is silicosis?

Answer 4

Slate minors lung. A fibrotic lung disease that increases the risk of TB and lung cancer

Question 5

When was the ban to asbestos in Europe brought about?

Answer 5

2005

Question 6

What disease causes abnormal irregular pleural thickening?

Answer 6

Mesothelioma

Question 7

What is high molecular weight allergic occupational asthma?

Answer 7

Caused by proteins and polysaccharides and makes up 80-90% of cases of occupational asthma. It is IgE dependent

Question 8

What is low molecular weight allergic occupational asthma?

Answer 8

The mechanism is poorly understood but it isn’t dependent on IgE

Question 9

What is RADS

Answer 9

Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome. It develops within hours of being exposed to the irritant

Question 10

What is the difference between acute and subacute non-allergy asthma?

Answer 10

Acute includes RADS and it has a quick onset. Subacute requires multiple exposures

Question 11

What is the definition of a toxin?

Answer 11

A naturally occurring poison produced by living cells or organisms

Question 12

What is the definition of a pollutant?

Answer 12

A substance that contaminates the environment

Question 13

What is the difference between primary and secondary vehicle exhaust pollutants?

Answer 13

Primary is directly from the fossil fuel combustion. Secondary is from reactions between pollutants in the atmosphere

Question 14

What effect does particulate matter have on asthma?

Answer 14

It promotes airway inflammation and IgE production which can lead to asthma