What are the complications associated with black lung disease?

What are the complications associated with black lung disease?

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The complications associated with black lung disease are really limited to the respiratory system. Certainly, lung disease of that type is associated with difficulty in breathing, with shortness of breath, with certain types of physical activities and in its most severe form, somebody can be so short of breath just performing minimal activities such as walking across a room. There is, in addition, an association with black lung disease and cancer, and it is definitely a carcinogen. People who suffer from black lung disease are at a greater risk to develop lung malignancies.