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Doctors at Brisbane’s Prince Charles Hospital say they have found a potential cure for deadly silicosis disease
Queensland doctors are hopeful they have found a cure for deadly silicosis lung disease, most frequently caused by inhaling toxic dust while cutting artificial stone.
Key points:
- Prince Charles Hospital researchers call the treatment a “major milestone”
- They flush patients’ lungs in a treatment compared to a washing machine rinse cycle
- Professor Chambers says results have been better than they could have imagined
Silicosis cases have been rising rapidly in Australia, driven by a trend toward engineered stone kitchen benchtops.
The procedure adapted in Brisbane and being hailed as a potential breakthrough in treatment involves washing the lungs out with salt water — a technique that has proven successful in treating other lung diseases.
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