Evaluation Of Respiratory Health Indicators Among Farmers / Farm Workers Exposed To The Organic Dust A Cross Sectional Study From Punjab.

Exposure to grain dust and diesel exhaust accentuated respiratory disorders with declines in lung function. Personal exposure to high level to respirable dust increased the risk of lung function deterioration chronic exposure to alcohol and / or cigaratte smoke significantly impairs normal lung defense against inhaled Environmental toxins and pollutants. The immunological consequences of organic dust exposures in Agriculture workers microbial motifs indust can elicit differing immune receptors signaling pathways results in the robust inflammatory response and repetitive dust exposures modulate immunity. Early recognition of this damage provides an important clue to insure good health. Spirometery is an invaluable screening test to identify the patient with airflow obstruction. In this study 150 male farmers / farm workers of 20-50 years of age who were exposed to organic dust (cases) and 150 farmers/ farm workers who were not exposed to organic dust (controls) were Selected and pulmonary function tests performed and detailed history of exposure was studied . The value of PEFR, FEV1 and FVC showed statistically highly significant (P<0.001)) Value as compared to controls