Professional Rhinitis from the Perspective of the Occupational Physician
Authors:
S. Perečinský; Ľ. Legáth; M. Varga
Authors‘ workplace:
Klinika pracovného lekárstva a klinickej toxikológie LF UPJŠ a FN LP, Košice
prednosta: Doc. MUDr. Ľubomír Legáth, PhD.
Published in:
Pracov. Lék., 60, 2008, No. 3, s. 111-116.
Category:
Review article
Overview
Professional rhinitis is defined as an episodic sneezing related to work, nasal discharge and nasal obturation. Allergic and chronic nonallergic rhinitis are considered diseases of civilization. Their occurrence has increased ten times during the 20th century. Professional rhinitis accounts for 4% of respiratory diseases, whereas working environment contributes increasingly to the development of the disease (Departments of Labour and Public Health). Workers are exposed to an increasing number of different toxic, carcinogenic and antigenic properties. In the contrast to what was said above, the disease is underdiagnosed which is caused by inadequate diagnostics (there are no standardized diagnostic procedures) and unwillingness of patients to collaborate due to worries about the loss of employment. In their paper, the authors describe the epidemiological situation, etiological agents and diagnostic options in case of professional rhinitis (significance of undertaking nasal tests). At the same time, they stress the necessity of an early detection of the disease. Even though professional rhinitis does not endanger the life directly and does not require an urgent hospitalization and intervention, it decreases significantly the quality of life of the patient (in case of perennial rhinitis even more than in case of mild or moderate asthma). It contributes to the increase of work accidents, number of missed working days with the impact on the health care system economy and the whole society.
Key words:
allergic and chronic nonallergic rhinitis, epidemiological situation, etiological agents, necessity of an early detection, nasal test
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