Occupational Diseases & Pneumoconioses

1.A manual labour working at construction presents with irritant cough, dyspnea on exertion and tightness of chest. Chest x-ray showed ground glass opacities:

• a) What is the probable diagnosis
• b) Explain the medical measures for prevention of occupational diseases
• c) Explain engineering the measures to prevent the same among other labourer working over there

2.As a medical officer of an industrial area, what are the measures you will undertake for prevention and control of occupational diseases in your area

1.Enumerate the different types of pneumoconiosis. Discuss the epidemiology of asbestosis

1.Occupational hazard

2.Control of bagassosis

3.Lead poisoning Differentiate between

4.Hazards of agricultural workers

5.Plumbism. Differentiate between

1.Occupational hazards among agricultural workers

2.Bagassosis and byssinosis

3.Organic pneumoconiosis

1.Particles _______in size reaches the alveoli and get deposited causing damage to the lungs, producing various types of pneumoconiosis

• a) 0.5μ - 3μ
• b) > 10μ
• c) 5μ – 10μ
• d) <0.1μ