Siderosis, also called welder's lung, is a lung disease caused by breathing in iron or iron oxide dust. Siderosis is considered to be an occupational illness because people breathe in the iron dust at work. The condition usually shows up on X-rays as small, opaque spots on the worker's lungs.
Although siderosis does not usually have any symptoms, other diseases that may happen because of breathing in fumes and dust at work do. Siderosis may be diagnosed along with some of these other diseases, such as silicosis, that do have symptoms.
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