September 2024 Pulmonary Case of the Month: An Ounce of Prevention Cased a Pound of Disease

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No abstract available. Manuscript truncated after 150 words. History of Present Illness: A 55-year-old woman is self-referred for dizziness, fatigue, and difficulty concentrating. She was well until 2 months prior to this visit. She says she feels like she is in a “fog”. She also complains of a “tight chest”. PMH, SH, and FH: She has a past medical history of hypertension and presently takes metoprolol. She has had a tubal ligation and a breast lumpectomy in the past. There is a questionable history of a positive Cardiolite nuclear stress test. She is divorced and lives alone in a small town in Iowa. She does not smoke, drink to excess or used illicit drugs. She has worked assembling bird houses for 20 years. She attributes her problems to a workplace exposure because she seems worse when opens the large shipping containers with the birdhouse parts. Although she worked 20 years previously without problems, her symptoms began 2 months …