What if dust gets into my lungs? If the amount of dust is very small, there is usually not much danger. A small amount of dust will not cause discomfort. However, if the body has been exposed to dust for a long time, exposure to dust can lead to pneumoconiosis. Pneumoconiosis is an occupational disease that requires attention. During the treatment period, the patient should not work in a dust-exposed environment again. Although alveolar lavage is said to reduce the dust in the lungs. However, this will not completely eradicate it. Pneumoconiosis injury, cardiogenic lung disease and tuberculosis If one has pneumoconiosis, it leads to bronchitis, where the bronchi become increasingly narrow and poorly drained, and also easily leads to bacterial bronchial infections. Problems such as diffuse bronchitis and emphysema develop, the lung function capacity decreases, and respiratory failure can occur. If the problem is more severe, it will be accompanied by pulmonary hypertension and, if the infection is more severe, right heart failure will occur. Tuberculosis: This may be related to the low resistance of pneumoconiosis patients and their vulnerability to tuberculosis bacteria. Naturally, it may also be caused by an extensive fibrotic process in the interstitial lung mass of pneumoconiosis. It tends to cause disorders of blood circulation disorders and reduces the defense of lung tissue against tuberculosis bacilli; pneumoconiosis has a toxic effect on macrophages, which can make them weakly bactericidal. Spontaneous pneumothorax, spontaneous pneumothorax, after vigorously closing the air or coughing incessantly, the alveoli will appear to be cracked, thus causing the problem of supportive spontaneous pneumothorax to appear.