What are the side effects of inhaling fiberglass insulation?

Question

My friend was climbing in the ceiling of his church and inhaled the fiberglass insulation that was up there. Are there any serious consequences? He was up there for about an hour. he cam down sneezing and coughing. Any help would be GREAT!

Answer 1

nothing serious. I used to work at a fiberglass insulation plant (owens corning) for 3 1/2 years, and i breathed that stuff every day. The dust that comes off that stuff is pretty rediculous, but the fibers of the glass are usually caught by the mucus in your thoat or the hair on your nose. Now the fibers that actually DO make it past and into your lungs are so fine that they pretty much decompose in your lungs and cause no harm. I was in the saftey committee and addressed this question many times. As for the sneezing and coughing, that's you're body's way of removing the fibers that did get stuck in his throat and nose hairs. He'll be just fine. Have a nice day!

Answer 2

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What are the side effects of inhaling fiberglass insulation?
My friend was climbing in the ceiling of his church and inhaled the fiberglass insulation that was up there. Are there any serious consequences? He was up there for about an hour. he cam down sneezing and coughing. Any help would be GREAT!

Answer 3

Fiberglass Dust

Answer 4

There is currently a great deal of debate concerning the health effects of fiberglass. It is, however, agreed that fiberglass is an irritant. Skin irritation is generally associated with thick fibers which can be found in insulation wools and filamentous glass. Fiberglass may also cause irritation of the eyes and throat. If the exposure is sufficient, fiberglass may produce irritation dermatitis and difficulty in breathing, which will go away once exposure has ceased.

Answer 5

okay, I don't know about others, but I just got out of hospital yesterday from breathing insulation. Workers came in and tore my ceiling down in kitchen and living area, tore out all old insulation and had it on a trailer outside by the time I got off work. Them telling me I was gone for 8 hours I did not need a mask. So I came in swept up the dust and cleaned up after them. The very next morning I am coughing and congested, thinking it was sinuses, I purchased sinus meds. 4 days later I am coughing up blood. Then hospitalized.
GET TO A DR PEOPLE

Answer 6

Not just inhaling. Foot through ceiling and blow in fiberglass come in house. Wife now has ringing in the ears and clothes make her itch. This exposure happened July 25th. Clothes have been sent to laundry will no help.

Answer 7

what are the causes of Cushings; Disease?
I have a friend with Cushings' Disease; it is a failure of the endocrine system, regulating weight, and many other functions of the endocrine system.This is supposed to be an inherited disease,but neither side of patient's family ever had,or has, Cushing's disease.The patient cannot regulate lipid system,has Lipodema.Patient was 6 ft. but has lost much height due to bone loss.The patient gets up to 700 or even 800 lbs. without any over eating.Thru under-eating, patient is down to 500 lbs., but is constantly hungry.Low calorie diets make the diabetes much worse. patient has to take thyroid medication,and has diabetes,COPD,and heart problems, and must use a mask-and-oxygon at night, to breathe----as well as Lipodema.Patient has one leg,which is so bad with lipodema, she cannot walk much; too much walking results in serious infection of the leg.Patient must have special bed,which raises up at the foot.Patient must "wrap" leg tightly, in special elastic bandages, several times a day, to reduce water weight in leg.Patient is becoming increasingly tired, and must sleep about 12 hrs. a night. In weather out side, that is too hot, or too cold, about 30 degtees or lower,, patient cannot breathe outside her apartment. ---Her lungs fail.Patient was exposed closely to unwrapped fiber-glass insulation, as a child, when she was ordered to carry amts. of unsafe fiber-glass insulation back and forth, and reports getting it embedded in hands and fingers.---her brother also did this, but has no Cushings' Disease. Patient was submitted to physical abuse as a child, and teen-ager, even in the head and neck.No doctor ever examined her.Patient also had sexual abuse by a doctor,as a child, and has PTSD.--THIS WAS NEVER REPORTED TO AUTHORITIES. --or to another doctor.Patient had extreme physical and mental abuse amd beatings, by father, as a child and teen-ager; this was never reported.The onset of true Cushings' Disease began as an adult, when patient could not obtain regular healthy food, and was forced to consume very cheap, unhealthy junk food.However, patient was originally 6 ft. and large, and heavy,to start with.But uncontrolled Cushings Disease,with huge weight gain, began with a diet of cheap junk food, and near starvation diet. But the patient was always 6 ft. and very large as an adult.Onset of Cushings' Disease was in true onset with reliance on cheap junk food and near starvation diet. Patient has all classic symptoms of Lipodema.

We are trying to ascertain the true reason for Cushings' Disease, as there is no inherited disease of this, in either side of family.Also, the patient's height and weight are not seen in either side of her family, or parents. These are specific symptoms.

Answer 8

Was he supposed to be up there? If yes, he needs to fill out a work injury report like now and go to the hospital. If it is work related, the church's insurance will cover.
If he was up there without permission, then the church does not have to pay a dime in compensation but he should still go to hospital.

Answer 9

No he will not be fine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!