Occupational lung disease

Work-related lung disease can be a factor of working in environments where you are inhaling or being exposed to certain dusts, gases, fumes and vapours. Although you may not feel the effects of this exposure for many years, you can develop diseases like asbestosis, silicosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, emphysema, and lung cancer. Symptoms include:

shortness of breath (sometimes painful)
coughing (sometimes painful)
chest pain
coughing up phlegm
tiredness

Lung function tests

We have a number of tests that we use to look at lung function, and how your lungs are functioning in aspects of your breathing and exercise.

Occupational inhalation testing

Occupational inhalation testing allows us to carefully recreate what happens to you when you breathe in certain substances at work. By watching how your respiratory system responds during the test, we ...

Peak flow test

Peak flow is a simple measurement of how quickly you can blow air out of your lungs. It's often used to help diagnose and monitor asthma.

Skin prick testing

Skin prick testing is a universal allergy test and often used to find out what is causing an allergy.