Bird Fancier's Disease Due to Exposure to Birds Via a Desert Cooler.
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is an immunologically mediated pulmonary disease caused by various organic particles and some non-organic chemicals. HP is mostly associated with some occupations such as farming and bird breeding. We report a case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis in a housewife without any prior history of occupational exposures. The disease was developed due to indirect exposure of the patient to doves antigens via a desert cooler ducts.
Department of Occupational Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Amir Houshang
AH
Mehrparvar
Seyed Hesam
SH
Hashemi
Amir Hossein Naseri
AH
Esfahani
Bird fanciers’ disease; housewife; hypersensitivity pneumonitis; organic particles