Farmer lung (Q42892)
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Farmer's lung disease is a hypersensitivity pneumonitis, caused by inhalation of organic dust containing spores of microorganisms, often thermophilic actinomycetes and less commonly Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula, living in mouldy hay, straw, or grain. Typical symptoms include dyspnoea, cough, tiredness, headaches and occasional fever/night sweats, with acute, sub-acute or chronic clinical course and can result in chronic disability with granulomatous disease.
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| default for all languages | CA70.0 |
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| English | Farmer lung |
Farmer's lung disease is a hypersensitivity pneumonitis, caused by inhalation of organic dust containing spores of microorganisms, often thermophilic actinomycetes and less commonly Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula, living in mouldy hay, straw, or grain. Typical symptoms include dyspnoea, cough, tiredness, headaches and occasional fever/night sweats, with acute, sub-acute or chronic clinical course and can result in chronic disability with granulomatous disease. |
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CID11:CA70.0
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dki-india-CA70.0
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13 August 2026
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