Læknablađiđ.
Publisher:
Domus Medica. Reykjavik : Icelandic Medical Association and the Medical Society of Reykjavik
Frequency: Twelve no. a year
Country: Iceland
Language: ice
Author(s):
Læknafélag Íslands., Læknafélag Reykjavikur.
Start Year:1915 -
Identifiers
| ISSN: | 0023-7213 (Print) 1670-4959 (Electronic) 0023-7213 (Linking) |
| NLM ID: | 7901326 |
| (OCoLC): | 01696093 |
| (DNLM): | L01540000(s) |
| Classification: | W1 LA257 |
[Diseases connected with work in hay in Iceland. Causes and scientific studies]. Diseases connected with work in hay have been known in Iceland for a long time. In 1981 scientific studies of these diseases were started in Iceland at the request of the Farmers Union. The results of these studies are summarized in this article. In studies of hay a great amount of storage mites, moulds and thermophilic actinomycetes (microlyspora faeni) were found in addition to allergens from mice and pollen. Symptoms caused by hay dust were mainly from nose and eyes in people with positive skin tests, but cough, dyspnea and fever were equally common in those with negative skin tests. The mo...
[Farmer’s lung disease caused by straw or hay? Case report]. A young woman was admitted to Akranes Regional Hospital because of dyspnea, fatigue and fever. She was found to have bilateral pneumonia but etiology was not found. She was treated with antibiotics with good resolution and was discharged after eight days from the hospital. Four weeks later she noticed rapidly progressive dyspnea and was found to be hypoxemic, and to have restrictive spirometry and diffuse interstitial changes on chest radiography. Computerized tomography of the lungs showed diffuse ground glass changes. Transbronchial biopsies from the lungs showed numerous small granulomas. S...