Popcorn workers will get lung disease

1, leading to the causes of lung disease popcorn workers

2, the onset of the symptoms of workers

Cough, about 2/3 of the patients with this symptom, it can be a mild dry cough, it can also be a serious cough, chronic cough patients may appear, the nature of the cough changes, such as cough frequency or the emergence of stimulating dry cough, often not easy to cause the patient's attention. Chest pain, in early stage, chest pain is relatively mild, manifested as intermittent, not intense, dull pain or drilling pain, the location is not certain, and the relationship with respiration is not certain. If the cancer invades the pleura, the pain is more intense, persistent and fixed; fever, unexplained fever, poor antibiotic drug treatment; hemoptysis, long-term smokers suddenly appear with blood in sputum, blood or small blood clots;

3. How to treat the workers when they get the disease

Hazard of popcorn

According to the survey report released by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the United States recently, the medical staff has found that some people who have been consuming popcorn for a long period of time are more likely to be sick than those who have not. have found that some people in the long-term consumption of popcorn after suffering from lung disease, this lung disease and some workers in the popcorn factory work in the same lung disease, commonly known as popcorn lungs, the main symptoms are breathing difficulties and asthma, serious cases will be life-threatening. Experts are unanimous in recognizing that popcorn from street poppers contains extremely high levels of lead. Street converter-type popcorn due to the converter contains lead, in the high-pressure heating, a certain amount of lead in the pot will melt, a portion of the lead will be turned into steam and lead smoke, contamination of raw materials, especially in the most popping moment, the lead is more likely to be adsorbed in the fluffy rice flowers. Lead is absorbed by the human body, will endanger the nervous, hematopoietic and digestive systems, chronic lead poisoning is very easy to occur, and can lead to children's appetite, diarrhea, irritability, purple gums, decreased resistance, slow growth and development. Therefore, parents should not let children often eat popcorn. Microwave heating popcorn, the flavor emitted by a substance known as diacetyl, a small amount of the substance is not harmful to the human body, but if you are often exposed to excessive amounts of such substances will certainly bring health hazards to the human body.

How to prevent lung disease

1, avoid entering too salty diet too salty diet can aggravate hypertension. The heart disease is often right heart insufficiency, high blood pressure will further increase the burden on the right heart, so that palpitations, coughing and other symptoms aggravated. In addition, it is advisable to eat less or not eat spicy stimulating food, it is advisable to drink less alcohol, so as not to help the fire heat, dry injury to the yin, and promote the growth of the disease.

2, away from the polluted environment less to go to the crowded public **** place, pay attention to the ventilation of the room. Avoid closed doors and windows, smoke filled indoor work or play mahjong.

3, take the initiative to cough to clear the lungs every morning, at noon or before going to bed to the outdoor air fresh place to breathe y, in deep breathing slowly raise your arms, and then cough, so that the airflow from the mouth, nose spray, coughing out phlegm. Every time you do it again after a number of normal breathing, as long as every day to adhere to, the lungs can be kept clean.