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Disease Information for Polymer fume fever

Clinical Manifestations
Signs & Symptoms: Paroxysmal Shivering; Rigors/Shaking chills; Teeth Chattering; Uncontrollable Shaking
: Chest Pain; Chest pain, substernal/midline; Non-Pleuritic Chest Pain
: Diaphoresis profuse/active sweating/acute; Hyperhidrosis/Chronic sweating excess; Sweating Excess Perspiration
: Muscle Pain; Myalgias
: Fatigability; Headache
: Bronchospasm signs; Chest pain exacerbated on deep breathing; Chest pain/non-cardiac; Chest tightness/breathing response; Cough; Cough Acute; Cough Chronic; Cough Dry Non-productive; Dyspnea; Dyspnea at rest; Dyspnea, chronic progressive; Painful cough; Shortness of breath/SOB; Tightness/chest on deep breathing/restrictive; Wheezing
: Red or inflammed pharynx; Sore throat/Pharyngitis; Sore Throat/Throat Pain; Throat Conditions
: Chills; Constitutional symptoms; Cyclic Periodic Recurrent Fevers; Enervated/extreme acute fatigue; Fatigue; Fatigue Tiredness Exhaustion; Fever; Fever and Normal Sed Rate; Fever Febrile Possible; Flu-Like Syndrome; High body temperature; Malaise; Periodic fever
: Bloodshot eyes/Conjunctival injection; Red Eyes Bilateral; Scleral Injection; Tearing
Disease Progression: Course/Acute; Course/Chronic disorder; Course/Exacerbation/remission; Course/Recurrent; Course/Relapsing; Course/Self limited usually; Course/Weekly periodicity; Onset/Abrupt/Sudden
Demographics & Risk Factors
Exposure Factors: Exposure/Epidemiologic specific setting/exposure; Exposure/Industrial fumes
Occupational Factors: Occupation/Plastics industry research/production
Event, Activity, Behavioral & Seasonal Factors: Event/End of workday/Afternoon; Lifestyle/Tobacco/cigarette smoking
Laboratory Tests
Microbiology & Serology Findings: Stool Microscopic polys present
Abnormal Lab Findings (Non Measured): Acute inflammatory markers elevated (Lab)
Abnormal Lab Findings - Increased: WBC
: WBC/White Blood Cell Count/Leukocytes (Lab)
Diagnostic Test Results
X-RAY: Xray/Chest abnormal
: Xray/Chest/Lung fields/Abnormal; Xray/Pulmonary infiltrates, recurrent/Chest; Xray/Transient pulmonary infiltrates/Chest
Associated Diseases & Rule outs
Rule Outs: Bronchitis, acute; Influenza; SARS/Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Associated Disease & Complications: Asthma; Chemical pneumonitis; Chemical Tracheobronchitis; Hyperpyrexia; Hyperthermia; Noxious gas inhalation/toxicity; Pneumonia, interstitial, acute; Tracheitis, acute
Disease Mechanism & Classification
Class: CLASS/Lung Disorder (ex); CLASS/Pulmonic (category)
Pathophysiology: Pathophysiology/Bronchospasm
Process: PROCESS/Allergy/collagen/autoimmune (category); PROCESS/Poison/specific (category)
: PROCESS/Occupational lung disorder (ex)
: PROCESS/Occupational disease possible
Toxin: TOXIN/Gaseous/Fumes/Airborne; TOXIN/Poison/Dusts/inhalants (category); TOXIN/Poison/Gaseous/inhaled toxic (category)
Synonyms
Synonym: Polymer fume fever, Synonym/Molding machine pneumonia, Synonym/Teflon/PTFE polymer heated fume exposure
Definition: Be the first to add a definition for Polymer fume fever
External Links Related to Polymer fume fever: Google; Wikipedia; Merck; Images; PubMed (National Library of Medicine); NGC (National Guideline Clearinghouse); Medscape (eMedicine); Harrison's Online (accessmedicine); NEJM (The New England Journal of Medicine)

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