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sickness /sick·ness/ (sik´nes) disease. African sleeping sickness African trypanosomiasis. air sickness airsickness. altitude sickness a condition due to difficulty adjusting to lowered oxygen pressure at high altitudes; it may take the form of mountain sickness, high-altitude pulmonary edema, or cerebral edema. car sickness carsickness. decompression sickness divers' paralysis; joint pain, respiratory problems, skin lesions, and neurologic signs, due to rapid reduction of air pressure in a person's environment. green tobacco sickness transient, recurring nicotine poisoning in tobacco harvesters. high-altitude sickness altitude s. milk sickness an acute, often fatal disease in humans after they ingest milk, milk products, or flesh of cattle or sheep who have eaten certain toxic plants; human disease is marked by weakness, anorexia, vomiting, and sometimes muscular tremors. morning sickness nausea of early pregnancy. motion sickness nausea and malaise due to unaccustomed motion, such as in travel by airplane, automobile, ship, or train. mountain sickness a type of high altitude sickness with oliguria, dyspnea, blood pressure and pulse rate changes, and neurological disorders. radiation sickness a condition resulting from exposure to a whole-body dose of over 1 gray of ionizing radiation and characterized by the symptoms of the acute radiation syndrome. sea sickness seasickness. serum sickness a hypersensitivity reaction after administration of foreign serum or serum proteins, marked by urticaria, arthralgia, edema, and lymphadenopathy. sleeping sickness increasing lethargy and drowsiness due to a disease process such as African trypanosomiasis or types of encephalomyelitis. green tobacco sickness, a nicotine-induced illness of tobacco harvest workers characterized by headache, dizziness, vomiting, and prostration, caused by skin contact with wet tobacco leaves. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The one environmental health problem peculiar to tobacco work is green tobacco sickness (GTS), a form of nicotine poisoning that results from workers brushing against wet tobacco leaves. Green tobacco sickness (GTS) is a highly prevalent occupational illness among tobacco workers. During crop maintenance and harvest, green tobacco sickness (GTS)--nicotine poisoning caused by wet tobacco--is a common problem for workers. |
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