Farmer`s lung (not to be confused with silo-filler`s disease) is a hypersensitivity pneumonitis induced by the inhalation of biologic dusts coming from hay dust or mold spores or other agricultural products. It results in a type III hypersensitivity inflammatory response and can progress to become a chronic condition which is considered potentia.....
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a pulmonary disorder that results from the development of hypersensitivity to inhaled dust from moldy hay or other fodder. In the acute form, ... [3 related articles]
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See Aspergillosis.
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<chest medicine> Type III hypersensitivity response to Micropolyspora faeni, a thermophilic bacterium found in mouldy hay. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by inhalation of moldy hay dust. Called also harvester's or thresher's lung.
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Type III hypersensitivity response to Micropolyspora faeni , a thermophilic bacterium found in mouldy hay. Conveniently afflicts 'Joe Grundy' in BBC Radio 4&`s The Archers.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a hypersensitivity pneumonitis characterized by fever and dyspnea, caused by inhalation of organic dust from moldy hay containing spores of thermophilic actinomycetes such as Micromonospora vulgaris, M. faeni, and Thermopolyspora polyspora, which thrive in the elevated temperatures of hay lofts and silos; repeated exposur...
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n] - alveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hay
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thresher`s lung noun alveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hay
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