Abstract

PESCADOR VARGAS, Beatriz  and  ROA CULMA, Laura Alejandra. DUALITY, MINING LOCOMOTIVE VS. BLACK LUNG. rev.fac.med [online]. 2016, vol.24, n.2, pp.88-99. ISSN 0121-5256.  https://doi.org/10.18359/rmed.2645.

Pneumoconiosis is characterized by diffuse nodular dust in the lungs as a result of prolonged exposure of workers in coal mines to bituminous dust or anthracite. Pneumoconiosis presented in coal miners is also called black lung disease lung. A coal miner who develops Anthracosis can present numerous pulmonary rounded nodules in a short time. These nodules appear sometimes in the absence of a simple anthracosis. Histologically they may look like resemble rheumatoid nodules, with the difference; they have a peripheral area of acute inflammation. These nodes represent the immune response associated to rheumatoid diathesis. In Colombia, mining is a strategy for economical development. However, there are negative factors arising rotating it in a race without control or clear rules; This activity is pending in the territory, dragging a trail of problems on society, the environment, welfare and People's health

Keywords : Pneumoconiosis; Black Lung; Coal nodules; Dyspnoea; Alveolar macrophages.

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