RESUMO
The work-related asthma is a disease that is frequently reported in other countries, but little recognized in our own despite the large number of workers at risk. The lack of knowledge about its etiology at work involves a mishandling and poor outcome of the patient, because its treatment requires the removal of worker of exposure at work or at least this fall. The definitive diagnosis involves specialized medical procedures that are difficult to access and workplace studies that establish at first line the diagnosis of asthma and the work as cause of the disease or its aggravation. Health workers surveillance and compliance with work regulations are strategies that should be promoted prevention of asthma at work.
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Asma , Doenças Profissionais , Asma/classificação , Asma/diagnóstico , Asma/epidemiologia , Asma/terapia , Humanos , Doenças Profissionais/classificação , Doenças Profissionais/diagnóstico , Doenças Profissionais/epidemiologia , Doenças Profissionais/terapia , Fatores de RiscoRESUMO
Thirty-eight years ago, occupational medicine was recognized as medical specialty in Mexico. Its achievements have been discreet and its evolution has been marked by situations that have questioned its credibility, relevance and viability, despite its significant value for the Mexican health care institutions, for the public and for the private sector. This paper addresses the importance of the field of occupational medicine, showing its social relevance and makes some remarks about the essential quality of the specialists that this discipline requires.
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Medicina do Trabalho/história , História do Século XX , MéxicoRESUMO
En el presente trabajo se describen 1469 casos diagnosticados como enfermedad del trabajo por la Unidad de Investigación, Docencia y Apoyo Clínico en Salud en el Trabajo, del Hospital General Regional No. 46 del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social en Guadalajara, Jalisco, en el lapso comprendido de enero de 1985 a octubre de 1993. Los diagnósticos más frecuentes fueron: trauma acústico crónico, dermatitis por contacto, neumoconiosis, bronquitis crónica y saturnismo, todos coinciden con lo reportado a nivel nacional. De las enfermedades de trabajo al momento del estudio 55 por ciento ameritaron evaluación por presentar secuelas irreversibles. Es prioritaria la implementación de programas de vigilancia epidemiológica en las empresas para prevenir los riesgos y disminuir las enfermedades de trabajo