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Silicosis - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Silicosis crónica; Silicosis aguda; Silicosis acelerada; Fibrosis masiva y progresiva; Silicosis conglomerada; Silicoproteinosis

Síntomas:

Tos
Dificultad respiratoria
Pérdida de peso

Pruebas y exámenes:

El médico elaborará la historia clínica que incluye muchas preguntas acerca de los trabajos (pasados y presentes), los pasatiempos y otras actividades que puedan haberlo expuesto al sílice. El médico también hará un examen físico.

Los exámenes para confirmar el diagnóstico y descartar otras enfermedades similares abarcan:

Radiografías de tórax.
Tomografía computarizada del tórax.
Pruebas de la función pulmonar.
Prueba cutánea con derivado proteico purificado (PPD) (para detectar tuberculosis).
Pruebas serológicas para detectar enfermedades del tejido conectivo.

Pulmones de un trabajador del carbón; rayos X

Neumoconiosis del minero en etapa II

Neumoconiosis del minero, Etapa II #2

Neumoconiosis en trabajadores del carbón; complicada #2

Sistema respiratorio

Reviewed last on: 6/10/2011
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Denis Hadjiliadis, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Cowie RL, Murray J, Becklake MR. Pneumoconioses and other mineral dust-related diseases. In: Mason RJ, Broaddus VC, Martin TR, et al, eds. Murray and Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2010: chap 65.

Samet JM. Occupational pulmonary disorders. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 93.

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