green tobacco sickness
MONDO:1060229Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names green tobacco sickness yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
An occupational illness caused by transdermal absorption of nicotine from handling wet, uncured tobacco leaves, presenting with nausea, vomiting, dizziness, headache, weakness, and other autonomic symptoms. Predominantly affects tobacco farmworkers during harvesting, topping, and curing activities.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:1060229), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: green tobacco sickness
- Also called
- cropper sicknessGTStobacco harvesters' sickness