Posts Tagged ‘occupational injury’

Chronic and recurrent asthma-like respiratory symptoms resulting from toxic inhalation exposures have been recognized for many years. In 1985, this characteristic post-chemical injury asthma-like syndrome was formally recognized in clinical observations by Brooks and colleagues, who coined the term “Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome (RADS).” Brooks and associates described 10 patients who developed an asthma-like condition…

Rotator cuff pathology can be caused by extrinsic or intrinsic causes. Extrinsic examples include a traumatic tear in tendons from a fall or accident. Overuse injuries from repetitive lifting, pushing, pulling, or throwing are also extrinsic in nature. Intrinsic factors include poor blood supply, normal attrition or degeneration with aging, and calcific invasion of tendons.…