Lung Transplant

Occupational lung diseases occur as a result of repeated and long-term exposure to air particulates and irritants.  Many lung diseases are preventable as long as they are recognized early.  Symptoms of occupational lung disease include: How Respiratory Diseases Occur: Finer particles travel deeper into the lungs potentially creating more damage to the lung tissue.  Prevention:

Employees who work in the silica industry may be at a higher risk for silicosis, which is a fibronodular lung condition caused through the inhalation of silica fibers. Macrophages are destroyed by silica dust. Individuals that are at risk to silicosis including raw materials handlers, furnace installers and repairers, refractory workers, foundry workers, miners, sandblasters [...]

Leukemia is a Greek word witch actually means white blood. The diseases usually begins in the white blood cells of the patient, or in the bone marrow that produces white cells, spreading quickly through out the body eventually affecting a lot of vital organs. The vital liquid, that is blood, contains two major types of [...]