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Bisinosis - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Pulmón de los algodoneros; Enfermedad causada por las brácteas del algodón; Fiebre de los molinos

Síntomas:

Opresión en el pecho
Tos
Sibilancias

Los síntomas empeoran al principio de la semana de trabajo y luego mejoran al estar alejado del sitio de trabajo o posteriormente en la semana.

Pruebas y exámenes:

El médico elaborará una historia clínica detallada y hará muchas preguntas para tratar de averiguar si los síntomas se relacionan con ciertas exposiciones o número de veces de la exposición. Además, el médico llevará a cabo un examen físico, con especial atención en los pulmones.

Otros exámenes abarcan:

Los pulmones

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

Chan-Yeung M, Malo J-L. Asthma in the workplace and occupational asthma. 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 64.

Rose CS, Lara AR. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis. 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 66.

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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