What is true regarding byssinosis?
Dyspnea resolves after cessation of exposure
Similar to chronic bronchitis and emphysema
Present as mediastinal fibrosis
Eosinophils are prominent in BAL
Byssinosis - due to cotton dust exposure - presents with Monday Chest tightness which resolves with cessation of cotton dust exposure. - Byssinosis presents as hypersensitivity pneumonitis with the honey-comb lung. - Lymphocytes and not eosinophils are present in bronchoalveolar lavage of hypersensitivity pneumonitis patients.
Interstitial Lung Disease