An occupational lung disorder caused by exposure to cotton dust. It occurs more commonly in workers in the textile industry. Signs and symptoms include chest tightness, cough and wheezing. The symptoms tend to get worse at the beginning of the week and subside by the end of the week. The disease is Monarch Disease Ontology term MONDO_0006688 (byssinosis). Also known as: cotton dust pneumoconiosis, cotton mill fever, flax-dressers' disease, pneumoconiosis from cotton dust, stripper's asthma.