At an isolated weather station in the central United States, a technician emerges from a small brick shed grasping a balloon. It's not just any birthday party balloon, mind you, but a massive, white sphere more than 5 feet (1.5 meters) in diameter.
Lung abscess can also be caused by the spread of other infections from the liver, abdominal cavity, or open chest wounds. Rarely, AIDS patients can develop lung abscess from Pneumocystis carinii and other organisms that take advantage of a weakened immune system. Lung abscess is usually slow to develop.
Prevention and early diagnosis are important, for no effective treatment is available. Coal workers' pneumoconiosis, or black lung, usually in the form of bituminosis or anthracosilicosis, is caused by the inhalation of coal dust, often with silica, and is similar in its development and its effects to silicosis.alc pneumoconiosis a type of silicatosis caused by the inhalation of talc; symptoms include shortness of breath, cough, fatigue, weakness, and weight loss.