What symptom does CT show at the beginning of silicosis?

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Silicosis is a common occupational disease with large incidence group. In China, there are about 500000 people who have been registered with silicosis. Among all pneumoconiosis, silicosis is a more serious one. Many patients with silicosis do not feel sick in the early stage of illness, but occasionally cough and pant. They usually mistakenly think that it is just a common respiratory tract infection, and they basically have no conscious symptoms or the symptoms are very mild. However, once the condition can be checked today, it will be more serious. So let's discuss the symptoms of silicosis, Now I'd like to talk about the symptoms of CT in the early stage of silicosis?.

What symptom does CT show at the beginning of silicosis?

Symptom 1: dyspnea: in order to gradually appear the slow progress of dyspnea, especially after the activity, the patient first feels the feeling of poor breath or chest compression, when exerting force, then appears when exerting a little force, there are few similar symptoms at rest, mostly due to pulmonary fibrosis, especially complicated with emphysema, but also due to combined infection, the existence and severity of shortness of breath and pulmonary fibrosis The degree of functional damage and X-ray findings are not necessarily parallel, late patients with dyspnea can be very serious, slight activity, even at rest also feel shortness of breath, can not lie flat.

Symptom 2: cough and expectoration: those who have a history of smoking may be accompanied by cough, expectoration and other symptoms of bronchitis. Cough mainly occurs in the morning, sometimes intermittently day and night. In the later stage, there is often persistent cough, which may be caused by the stimulation of tracheal and bronchial nerve receptors by silicon nodules. There is no sputum, or only a small amount of sticky sputum. When secondary infection occurs, purulent sputum may appear, cough aggravation, and single cough Pure silicosis hemoptysis is rare, generally no wheezing, unless combined with chronic bronchitis or allergic asthma, but some patients due to tracheal stenosis, distortion and fixed due to fibrosis, especially in late patients or forced breathing.

Symptom 3: Hemoptysis: occasionally hemoptysis, usually with blood in sputum, combined with tuberculosis and bronchiectasis, there is repeated hemoptysis, even massive hemoptysis. Chest tightness, chest pain: mostly needle like pain in the upper part of the chest, or persistent dull pain, often occurs in rainy days or when the climate changes, and has nothing to do with breathing, movement, posture.

matters needing attention

1. Early detection should be treated as soon as possible. 2. Don't delay the treatment because the disease is not serious. Pay attention to light diet.