Risk Factors for Clinical Byssinosis

 

Synonyms for byssinosis: cotton dust asthma, cotton stripper's asthma, cottonmill fever, Monday morning fever

 

Risk factors for clinical byssinosis:

(1) high levels of cotton dust exposure

(2) number of years employed in a cotton mill (in the implementation, I will assign 1 point for each decade)

(3) cigarette smoking

 

Cotton mill jobs associated with a high level of cotton dust exposure:

(1) gin machine operators

(2) openers

(3) strippers

(4) grinders

(5) workers who clean and maintain processing machines

 

Wearing of effective respiratory protection reduces the risk.