Abstract

A 48-year-old man with no history of pulmonary disease developed acute lung disease after the intensive exposure of fly ash. He subsequently had progressive worsening of shortness of breath and hypoxemia to the point of requiring mechanical ventilation. Fly ash is a compound consisting of silicon dioxide and various other substances and is used in industrial settings to generate electricity. Exposure to fly ash may cause irritation to the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract and even pulmonary fibrosis in humans. To our knowledge, this is the first case report described in the medical literature of acute lung disease developing after fly ash exposure

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I am a 45 year old man who worked in an concrete production environment that was extremely dusty with cement dust and then for two and a half years the company began to use a cement product that was blended with PFA. I was medically retired in October of 2010 with a list of illnesses caused by the ash which included ILD and Diverticulosis of the bowel. I have bladder problems, oesophagel problems, skin, corneal, gastrointestinal, lips, eye sockets, tongue, eyelids problems and had my mucous membranes burned and my gums burned away to the point of the exposing of all of the roots of my teeth bar 3. I developed pneumonia in my left lung and the ILD left me with several nodules throughout both lungs, rhinitis, asthsma, hypersensitivity, connective tissue disorder and only The Good Lord knows what else was caused by this "ACIDIC, HIGHLY TOXIC AND CARCINOGENIC " product.

7/14/2012