short note on sorter's disease
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Symptoms of Anthrax (Woolsorters' Disease)
Cutaneous anthrax: Painless papule, blister, or ulcer after contact with infected material. ...
Inhalation anthrax: Fever, cough, and shortness of breath – similar to an atypical pneumonia.
Gastrointestinal anthrax: Nausea and vomiting, diarrhoea.
Wool sorter disease which is pulmonary form of the anthrax which is result from the inhalation of spores of the major bacterium bacillus anthracis in the part of the wool of contaminated sheep.
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Wool industry is an important
means of livelihood for many people
in our country. But sorter’s job is
risky as sometimes they get infected
by a bacterium, anthrax, which
causes a fatal blood disease called
sorter’s disease. Such risks faced by
workers in any industry are called
occupational hazards.