1. What are the treatments for pneumoconiosis
Symptomatic treatments and treatments for co-occurring diseases. After the diagnosis of pneumoconiosis is confirmed, the patients should be transferred away from dusty jobs, and those who are in more serious conditions should take a rest or arrange for recuperation, and pay attention to prevent respiratory infections in winter and spring seasons. Patients should work or rest under medical supervision, and organize activities such as health care gymnastics and tai chi to enhance physical fitness. Symptomatic treatment should be given to relieve symptoms and pain.
Surgical intervention, the pathology of pneumoconiosis is diffuse fibrosis of lung tissues, lung function decline, for pneumoconiosis combined with tuberculosis ball, other lung tissue fibrosis is light, can consider surgical excision of the tuberculosis ball; on the diffuse fibrosis of lung tissues, pulmonary blisters, serious impact on the lung function of the person, not suitable for surgical treatment. In recent years, many medical units to carry out lung lavage, lung lavage is suitable for the recent large amount of dust exposure and silicosis one stage of patients below, not suitable for silicosis two stage and serious comorbidities.
2, what is pneumoconiosis
Pneumoconiosis or pneumoconiosis (Pneumoconiosis), also known as black lung disease (Black Lung) (Hong Kong called pneumoconiosis, mainland China and Taiwan commonly known as silicosis), also known as pneumoconiosis, pneumoconiosis, a kind of lung fibrosis disease. Patients usually stay in dusty places for a long time, inhaling a large amount of dust, which leads to the accumulation of dust in the alveoli under the terminal bronchioles, and after a period of time, changes occur in the lungs and fibrosis foci are formed. Silicosis is mainly caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust, the main components of crystalline silica are earth, sand, granite, and other rock components. The main symptoms of silicosis are: shortness of breath, fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, chest pain, dry cough, respiratory decline, and eventually death.
3. Principles of diagnosis of pneumoconiosis
Causes of pneumoconiosisThe productive environment is rarely the presence of simple quartz dust, usually a variety of dust exists, and should be considered a mixture of dust will have a joint effect.
Individual factors and the health status of workers also play a role in the development of pneumoconiosis.
The higher the free silica content of the dust, the shorter the time of onset and the more severe the lesions.
The degree of anthrasilicosis is related to the amount of dust accumulation in the lungs, which depends on the concentration and dispersion of dust, the time of dust catching and protective measures. The higher the concentration of dust, the greater the dispersion, the longer the duration of dust collection, and the poorer the protective measures, the greater the amount of dust inhaled and accumulated in the lungs, the more prone to silicosis, and the more serious the condition.
The treatment of pneumoconiosis is based on the treatment and prevention of various complications, and the prevention of complications will slow down the progress of pneumoconiosis.
How to prevent pneumoconiosis
For individuals, pay attention to personal anti-jealousy measures, mainly refers to the wearing of dust protective gear, such as dust helmets, air helmets, air masks, etc. New workers should be pre-employment physical examination before starting work, where the following diseases are not allowed to engage in dust operations: active tuberculosis, atrophic rhinitis, nasal tumors, bronchial asthma, bronchodilatation and chronic bronchitis, etc.; significant tuberculitis, atrophy, nasal tumor, bronchitis and chronic bronchitis. Bronchitis, etc.; significant impact on lung function or pleural lesions, such as diffuse pulmonary fibrosis, emphysema, severe pleural hypertrophy and adhesions, serious cardiovascular system diseases.
For enterprises, the following points should be strengthened to pay attention to:
Confinement, ventilation, dust: can not be taken to the wet workplace, should be used to confine the ventilation of dust removal methods to prevent dust flying.
Wet operation: the use of wet grinding quartz, refractory materials, mining wet rock drilling, underground transportation spraying water.
Dust workers health checks: including pre-employment and regular health checks, dust operations should be removed from the dust operations should also be done to check the dust operations.
Technological reform, innovation of production equipment: the main way to eliminate dust hazards.