ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2021
Silicosis, progressive massive fibrosis and silico-tuberculosis among workers with occupational exposure to silica dusts in sandstone mines of Rajasthan state: An urgent need for initiating national silicosis control programme in India.
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- Silico-tuberculosis amidst COVID-19 pandemic: global scenario and Indian perspective.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Review
- Challenges and opportunities for silicosis prevention and control: need for a national health program on silicosis in India.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2023Review
- Workers with Suspected Diagnosis of Silicosis: A Case Study of Sarcoidosis Versus Siderosis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- A mixed-methods study on impact of silicosis on tuberculosis treatment outcomes and need for TB-silicosis collaborative activities in India.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Underdiagnosis of silicosis revealed by reinterpretation of chest radiographs in Thai ceramic workers.Multidisciplinary respiratory medicine · 2023Article
- Silicosis, tuberculosis and silica exposure among artisanal and small-scale miners: A systematic review and modelling paper.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Progressive massive fibrosis: An overview of the recent literature.Pharmacology & therapeutics · 2022Review
- Morbidity patterns among current and ex-mine workers in Karauli district of Rajasthan, India.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
- Current global perspectives on silicosis-Convergence of old and newly emergent hazards.Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) · 2022Review
- Risk of Silico-Tuberculosis in Miners: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Indian journal of occupational and environmental medicineArticle
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Abstract
contextSilicosis is a progressive, irreversible and incurable respiratory morbidity and often becomes a cause for pre-mature mortality among occupationally silica dust-exposed workers in India and similar countries. It has a dual problem of associated silico-tuberculosis as a co-morbidity. The present study was done to assess the respiratory morbidity caused by silicosis in sandstone mine of Rajasthan, India.
methodsThe chest X-rays of 529 subjects having history of employment in stone mines with respiratory morbidity were subjected for this study and evaluated in accordance with ILO Classification 2000. The X-rays were classified into various categories of silicosis and progressive massive fibrosis (PMF) in relation to years of work in stone mines.
resultsOut of 529 chest radiographs evaluated, 275 (52%) showed radiological evidence of silicosis. Of them, 40 (7.5%) subjects showed large opacities suggestive of progressive massive fibrosis. Both silicosis and progressive massive fibrosis were associated with increasing duration of work in stone mines. Sixty-one (12.4%) subjects with silicosis also had associated pulmonary tuberculosis, termed as silico-tuberculosis.
conclusionThe present study showed a high prevalence of silicosis, progressive massive fibrosis and silico-tuberculosis among stone mine workers. It appears that that unless silicosis is controlled, elimination of tuberculosis is far from reality in the country. Hence, states and central authorities must work together towards control of both silicosis as well as silico-tuberculosis. Similarly, there is an urgent need of initiation of national silicosis control programme, similar to existing national tuberculosis control programme, considering the huge burden of silicosis in India.
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