Study of Occupational Asthma among Different Occupants in Dhaka and Prescribing Habit by Health Practitioners

Abstract

Occupational Asthma is also called “Work – related Asthma” in which workers are regularly getting exposed by allergens existing in their working environment which leads them to a chronic allergic asthma. So, it is an irritant – induced asthma where the irritants are existing in the environment of occupation. High – level of exposure to such allergens can be fatal, since response will be immediate and cause permanent damage to the lung. This situation can be prevented by controlling the environment of working and screening out the employees who are susceptible or sensitive to such allergens. In Bangladesh, researches on Occupational Asthma are narrow. However, Immunoglobulin E – independent immunological or nonimmunological mechanisms alone are able in little to carry the cause of occupational asthma. So, a descriptive statistical study is being conducted to put forward a little portion of the big picture on the actual situation regarding occupational asthma in Bangladesh. Since most of the work – related asthmatic patients are of low-socio-economic status, further clinical studies are needed to measure the exposures that increase the knowledge about the influence of possible confounders of Occupational Asthma. In occupational asthma, the trigger is a substance or condition in the workplace that causes asthma symptoms. Most of these substances and conditions are very common and are not normally considered hazardous. Although these substances and conditions can be encountered in almost any workplace, occupational asthma is most common in workers in the following industries and jobs: Plastics industry, Rubber industry, Chemical industry, Textile industry, Electronics industry, Painting, Printing, Dyeing, Metalworking, Welding, Oil refining, Cleaning, Baking and food processing, Farming, Gardening, landscaping, horticulture, Working with animals, Laboratory work.