Disease Causing

Organic Dusts

N. Sai Vinay Bharadwaj

Roll Number 18
 Contents
Bagassosis

Byssinosis

Tobaccosis

Farmer's Lung

Reference
 Vegetable Dusts - Organic
Pneumoconiosis
Cane Fibre
Bagasosis

Cotton Dust
Byssinosis

Tobacco
Tobaccosis

Hay/Grain Dust
Farmer's Lung
 Bagassosis
Cause
Inhalation of Sugarcane / Bagasse dust

Most common in
India
Mauritius
Sugarcane fibre now used in
Paper
Cardboard
Rayon
Has been showed to be due to actinomycete:
Thermoactinomyces sacchari
 Signs and Symptoms
Breathlesness

Cough

Haemoptysis

Slight fever

If left untreated,

Diffuse fibrosis
Emphysema
Bronchiectasis
 Preventive Measures
Dust control

Prevention and suppression of dust

Wet process
Enclosed apparatus
Exhaust ventilation

Personal protection

Equipments like masks or artificial respirators

Medical control

Initial and periodic check-ups

Bagasse control

Bagasse made safe by keeping moisture content above 20% and

spraying bagasse with 2% propionic acid (fungicide)
 Byssinosis
Cause

Prolonged inhalation of fine cotton fibre dust

Symptoms

Chronic cough
Progressive dyspnoea
Chronic bronchitis
Emphysema

Affecting population

Textile industry employers commonly in India and

Mauritius
 Tobaccosis
Diseases resulting from the smoking, chewing, and snuffing of
tobacco and from the breathing of tobacco smoke.

They include cancers of the mouth, nasopharynx, larynx,

trachea, bronchi, lungs, esophagus, stomach, liver, pancreas,
kidney, bladder, prostate, and cervix, as well as leukemia.

They also include

Atherosclerosis of the cardiovascular system
aortic and other aneurysms
renal failure and peripheral vascular disease
emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases
peptic ulcer disease and regional ileitis
cirrhosis of the liver
immunological deficiencies
failures of endocrine and metabolic functions
fetal diseases
 Farmer's Lung
Cause
Prolonged inhalation of mouldy hay or grain dust

Causative organism
Micropolyspora faeni

Signs and symptoms

Respiratory symptoms
Generalised physical illness
Chronic exposure
Pulmonary fibrosis
Inevitable pulmonary damage
Corpulmonale
 Reference

Park's textbook of Social and

Preventive Medicine, 23rd Edition

Class Notes