Study on Respiratory Diseases Caused by Farm Work (Farmer's Lung etc)
10.2185/jjrm.28.29
- VernacularTitle:農作業に起因する呼吸器障害 (農夫肺等) に関する研究
- Author:
EISUKE KATO
;
YUZURU KANBE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
1979;28(1):29-34
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
From our survey of respiratory diseases in rural district, we concluded as follows:
1). Prevalence of positive antibody fiter to Thermophilic actinomyces in farmers of one village was 19.4%.
2). Alternaria is one of the most important mold antigen to asthma in rural area. Specific IgE antibody to Alternaria was identified in sera of many patients suffering from asthmatic attack in summer season.
3). Pollinosis in Nagano Prefecture
a). A check of patients by age reveals that the incidence is high among people at ages 20-40.
b). A check of the distrbution of patients by month indicates that the incidences are concentrated during the period of March through October, and this period is classifiable into three seasons-spring tree season, summer grass season and autumn weed season.
c). According to our survey on atomospheric pollen, Japanese cedar, alder, Japanese birch, zercova, walnut, oak family and white mulberry were found in tree season, meadow foxtail, orchard grass, timothy andrice in grass season and ragweed, common mugwort, chrysanthemum, Japanese hop and smooth pigweed in weed season. Of all hayfever plants, Japanese cedar, orchard grass and common mugwort have high antigenicity.
d). We discussed the findings of the survey we have performed on a number of cases of six pollinosis-Japanese birch, walnut, apple, orchard grass, ragweed and common mugwort.
