Question

Write a note on sorter’s disease

Answer 1

Sorter’s disease

• Sorting in the wool production is done by sorters. Their job is risky as sometimes they get infected by a bacterium, anthrax, which causes a fatal blood disease called sorter’s disease.
• It can also be defined as pulmonary anthrax in humans, caused by inhaling the spores of Bacillus anthracis, which may contaminate wool fleece.
• Anthrax is also known by other names such as malignant oedema, charbon, splenic fever, and Cumberland disease.
• Such risks faced by workers in any industry are called occupational hazards