Occupational and work aggravated asthma

1) Occupational and work aggravated asthma

Baker

Timber worker

Chemicals

Spray painter

  • 1 in 6 people of working age who develop asthma have work related asthma.
  • This includes new onset asthma or a re-occurrence of pre existing disease.
  • This is the commonest occupational lung disease in westernised countries.
  • The incidence is dependent on the job environment and the hazards there is exposure to.
  • There may be clusters of people in some occupations who have asthma which can be due to their work environment.