Being board-certified means that in addition to going to medical school and doing a residency in family medicine, a doctor has also passed an additional rigorous examination.
Silicosis (previously miner's phthisis, grinder's asthma, potter's rot and other occupation-related names) is a form of occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust, and is marked by inflammation and scarring in the form of nodular lesions in the upper lobes of the lungs.
Farmer's Lung is an allergic disease usually caused by breathing in the dust from moldy hay. However, dust from any moldy crop-straw, corn, silage, grain, or even tobacco-can also cause Farmer's Lung.s the name suggests, Farmer's Lung is caused by inhaling certain allergy-causing dust found in some agricultural operations. A recent study shows that exposure to organochlorines and carbamate pesticides may also be risk factors for farmer's lung.