<unk>  is a permanent disease with no cure. Treatment options currently available focus on alleviating the symptoms and preventing any further progress of the condition. These include: * Stopping further exposure to airborne silica, silica dust and other lung irritants, including tobacco smoking. * Cough suppressants. * Antibiotics for bacterial lung infection. * Tuberculosis (TB) prophylaxis for those with positive tuberculin skin test or IGRA blood test. * Prolonged anti-tuberculosis (multi-drug regimen) for those with active TB. * Chest physiotherapy to help the bronchial drainage of mucus. * Oxygen administration to treat hypoxemia, if present. * Bronchodilators to facilitate breathing. * Lung transplantation to replace the damaged lung tissue is the most effective treatment, but is associated with severe risks of its own from the lung transplant surgery as well as from consequences of long-term immunosuppression (e.g., opportunistic infections). * For acute<unk> , bronchoalveolar lavage may alleviate symptoms, but does not decrease overall mortality. * Preliminary work utilising whole lung lavage for patients with artificial stone-associated<unk>  has shown significant radiological improvement following whole lung lavage.
Silicosis
Asbestosis
Coalworker's pneumoconiosis
Beryllium granuloma
Asbestos-related diseases
Occupational asthma
Pneumoconiosis
Organic dust toxic syndrome