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What is Byssinosis is seen in - and explain in detail?
- byssinosis is due to inhalation of cotton fibre dust over long periods of time. - the symptoms are chronic cough and progressive dyspnoea ending in chronic bronchitis and emphysema. - India has a large textile industry employing 35 percent of factory workers and incidence of this disease is repoed to be 7-8 percent. Reference : Park's textbook of preventive and social medicine, 23rd edition, pg no:806 <\p>