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what is byssinosis? $em dash$ a review

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the pattern of the disease we now know as byssinosis has been established over the years in medical literature. it is not the same as mill fever, mattress-maker's fever, or weaver's cough, which are caused by contaminated batches of fiber. it is distinguishable from bronchitis in its earlier stages, and some disabled byssinotics may never develop sputum. the pathological findings are not those of an extrinsic allergic alveolitis such as farmer's lung, and emphysema is not an invariable finding. it seems unlikely therefore that bacterial endotoxins or allergy play a part in the etiology of the disease. although a fall in fev//1 over the first shift of the week may occur in a high proportion of byssinotics, it cannot be used as a diagnostic tool in individual cases. smoking aggravates the effect of cotton dust. 44 refs
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