What is 'flock worker's lung disease'?

What is 'flock worker's lung disease'?

Roy Artal (Pulmonologist and Critical Care Physician) gives expert video advice on: What are the common symptoms of flock worker's lung disease? and more...

Flock worker's lung disease is a specific lung condition that's attributable to workers who are in an environment where they deal with very small strands of nylon and fabrics. A kind of common example of the type of fabrics that people understand what this is can include fleece products, can include a very kind of plush or soft fabrics that might be in some blankets also being used recently in some dolls. So if you can imagine the workers working in these factories where these products are produced are in this environment where these very minute strands of nylon strand are basically cut and applied and glued onto these fabric sheets to create this very soft snuggling material. So when this material becomes airborne, it really floats in the air because it has such a low weight and obviously has the potential to be inhaled into somebody's lungs; and once that happens it has the potential to cause lung disease.