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farmer's lung [1 record]

Record 1 2011-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bronchi
DEF

A morbid condition caused by inhalation of moldy hay dust, characterized by breathlessness with cyanosis or with a dry cough, anorexia, and weight loss.

Key term(s)
  • farmers' lung
  • harvesters' lung
  • threshers' lung

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bronches

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bronquios
DEF

Neumopatía inmunológica que sobreviene en los cultivadores que manipulan los vegetales y particularmente la hierba fermentada, inhalando así esporas de actinomicetos, termófilas, generalmente de Thermopolyspora. Puede evolucionar hacia la cronicidad, conduciendo entonces a una fibrosis intersticial difusa grave con insuficiencia respiratoria y después cardiaca.

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