[Adverse effects on the respiratory system in textile printing sprayers].

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To study the initial respiratory effects and those observed 18 months later after the inhalation of toxic and irritant substances in textile aerography workers.

SUBJECTS:

Seventeen patients (14 women and 3 men), with a mean age of 21 years (range: 18-38).

METHODS:

Initially, pulmonary effects were assessed by pathological (transbronchial biopsy and/or video-thoracoscopy) and functional findings [spirometry with lung volumes and study of diffusion capacity of CO (DLCO)]. Eighteen months later a challenge bronchial test with histamine was performed.

RESULTS:

Forty-one per cent of patients had pathologic lesions with intraalveolar fibrin, 35% had minimal non-specific lesions, 18% bronchiolitis obliterans with organized pneumonia (BOOP) and 6% pulmonary fibrosis and BOOP. Functional respiratory test showed two patients with a slight restrictive pattern, one patient with very severe restriction and six patients with low DLCO. The challenge tests was positive for 59% of patients.

CONCLUSION:

After the massive inhalation of irritant and/or toxic substances, patients presented different types of pathological response at pulmonary level. In our workers histological repairing lesions--of high or low degree--were found, BOOP being the lesions observed most frequently, and different patterns of functional involvement. Fifty-nine per cent of cases developed non-specific bronchial hyperreactivity consistent with a reactive airways dysfunction syndrome.

• Authors: A Solé Jover, M E b1rtínez Francés, P J Cordero Rodríguez, J Vallterra Musoles, V Macián Gisbert
• Journal: Revista clinica espanola (Rev Clin Esp) Vol. 196 Issue 3 Pg. 157-61 (Mar 1996) ISSN: 0014-2565 [Print] Spain
• Vernacular Title: Efectos adversos sobre el tracto respiratorio en trabajadores de aerografía textil.
• PMID: 8650384 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Solvents

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Biopsy
• Bronchial Hyperreactivity (diagnosis)
• Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (chemically induced, diagnosis, pathology)
• Female
• Humans
• Lung (pathology)
• Lung Diseases (chemically induced, diagnosis, pathology)
• Male
• Occupational Diseases (chemically induced, diagnosis, pathology)
• Paint (adverse effects)
• Pulmonary Fibrosis (chemically induced, diagnosis, pathology)
• Respiratory Function Tests
• Solvents (adverse effects)
• Syndrome
• Textile Industry