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62172D

silo filler's disease

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Definition:

nitrous fume intoxication from fresh silage characterized by cough, shortness of breath and weakness, followed after an interval by a second more severe phase of fever, chills, severe shortness of breath and cyanosis

Context:

The hazards associated with silos include accidents, collapse and sudden death, nitrogen dioxide (NO2)-induced injury, and related disorders from grains such as mycotoxicosis, allergic alveolitiso or asthma. The term “silo-filler's disease” is generally limited to silo gas or NO2-related hazardous effects.

Term reference

Mayo Clinic "Silo-Filler's Disease: A New Perspective", Gary R. Epler, M.D. Department of Medicine, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(12)65260-4/fulltext

Notes

not to be confused with farmer's lung associated with inhalation of biologic dusts

Translations

Български: болест на работещи в силози
Čeština: onemocnění ze siláže
Dansk: silofylder-sygdom
Deutsch: Silo-Füller-Krankheit
Ελληνικά: νόσος των εργατών σε σιλό
English: silo filler's disease
Español: enfermedad de los ensiladores
Eesti: silohaigus
Suomi: siilontäyttäjäntauti
Français: maladie des remplisseurs de silos
Hrvatski: bolest silosnih radnika
Magyar: silótöltők betegsége
Íslenska: sílóáfyllingarsjúkdómur
Italiano: malattia degli addetti ai silos
Lietuvių: silosinės darbuotojo liga
Latviešu: silosu piepildītāju slimība
Malti: marda ta' silo filler
Dutch: silovullersziekte
Norwegian: silofyllers sykdom
Polski: płuco pracowników silosów
Português: doença dos enchedores de silos
Română: boala lucrătorilor din silozuri
Slovenčina: choroba zo siláže
Slovenščina: bolezen polnilcev silosov
Svenska: siloarbetarsjuka