Mill fever

A major argument against an endotoxin-like mechanism in byssinosis is the lack of fever (63). It is hypothesized, however, that exposure to endotoxin in cotton dust causes mill fever in new employees. With continued exposure, the worker becomes tolerant to this pyrexlal action of the endotoxin, but other effects of the LPS predominate, including complement activation and release of leucotaxic substances, both of which may ultimately lead to tissue damage. 

A syndrome known as mill fever, which may or may not be related to the development of byssinosis, has been described in some persons unaccustomed to breathing cotton dust. Shortly after exposure, there is development of malaise, cough, fever, chills, and upper respiratory symptoms these may recur daily for days to months until acclimatization takes place and symptoms disappear. TTlerance may be lost temporarily after a period of absence from exposure, or if exposure to a greater concentration of dust occurs. The exact prevalence of mill fever among new employees is unknown, but estimates range from 10% to 80%. ... 

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Mill fever in the cotton industry is common, especially among new employees. Prevalences of 6-7% have been reported (Schilling et al. 1955 Werner 1955). In a cottonseed oil mill, one study reported prevalences in new workers ranging from 10% to 50% (Ritter and Nussbaum 1944). 

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Thomas Percival (1740-1804) reported on the outbreak of fever in cotton mills at Radcliffe northwest of Manchester in 1784 (cf. Rosen 1958, Mei-klejohn 1959, and Buess 1960). 

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