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Living With Silicosis

Written by Joanna Karpasea... on January 14, 2010 - 8:48am

Silicosis is currently an incurable disease.

If you’ve just been diagnosed with silicosis you may be feeling shocked, angry, afraid and hopeless. However, there are many things that can be done to help you and treatments are available to manage the condition so that you can get the best quality of life possible.

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Acute Silicosis: What It Is, What Causes It and How to Prevent It

Written by Joanna Karpasea... on January 14, 2010 - 6:54am

Silicosis is a lung disease brought on by exposure to crystalline silica, primarily through the person's occupation, such as mining, quarrying, tunnelling, construction, drilling, sandblasting and grinding to make pottery items.

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