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respiratory system, silicoproteinosis, silicosis, lung disease, inhaling silicon dioxide, crystalline silica dust, adequate protection, acute silicosis is lung inflammation, intense exposure to silica over several months, chronic silicosis, lung scarring, nodules, inflammation develop slowly from decades of exposure to silica dusts, disease occurs mainly in people who work in sandblasting, mining, quarrying, grinding, who work in foundries, silicosis is becoming less common, due to occupational safety, health administration, osha, regulations that, require protective equipment, shortness of breath, cough, unintentional weight loss, mucous membranes, bluish color, cyanosis, hear abnormal lung sounds, a stethoscope, tests, chest x-ray, fluid-filled air spaces, thickening of lung tissue, nodules, an enlarged heart, dilated pulmonary arteries, pulmonary function tests, arterial blood gases that show low concentration of oxygen, chest ct scan, lung biopsy, bronchoscopy, bronchoalveolar lavage, bal, sputum analysis, no specific treatment, silicosis, whole-lung lavage, corticosteroids, end-stage lung disease, lung transplantation an option, supportive treatment includes cough suppression medications, bronchodilators, oxygen, shortness of breath, antibiotics, respiratory infections, silicosis patients, screened, tuberculosis, rapidly progressive respiratory failure, possibly resulting in death, a complication is respiratory failure, patients, silicosis, at increased risk of developing pulmonary tuberculosis, have an occupational exposure to silica, symptoms develop, work, high-risk occupation, wear a dust mask, not smoke, protection respirators needed.