Heart condition in occupational bronchitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

The issue of occupational lung diseases, primarily dust lung diseases caused by exposure to industrial fibrogenic aerosols of varying degrees of fibrogenicity, remains relevant. A comprehensive clinical, functional, and bronchoscopic examination was carried out on 172 patients with various forms of lung pathology: chronic dust bronchitis, chronic bronchitis of toxic chemical etiology, and moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The results of the clinical examination showed that complaints of productive and non-productive cough, shortness of breath, and chest pain were detected in chronic dust bronchitis, chronic bronchitis of toxic chemical etiology, and moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with varying frequencies. Their occurrence and severity depended on the severit y of the pathological process.