Do you have work-related asthma

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• Corporate Authors:
  New Jersey. Department of Health. Public Health Services Branch. Consumer, Environmental and Occupational Health Service. Environmental & Occupational Health Surveillance Program
• Description:
  What are the symptoms of asthma? The symptoms of asthma include: 1. wheezing 2. a tight feeling in the chest 3. coughing 4. shortness of breath 5. difficulty breathing What is Work-Related Asthma? Work-related asthma is a disease in which the lungs react to dusts, mists, vapors, gases, or fumes that are in the workplace. These can be allergens or irritants. The two major types of work-related asthma are: 1) New-onset asthma - a healthy worker gets symptoms for the first time while at work. 2) Work-aggravated asthma - pre-existing asthma is worse at work. Symptoms of work-related asthma usually occur while or after a worker is exposed to a particular substance at work. However, some workers will only get symptoms many hours after leaving work. Symptoms usually go away during weekends or vacations, and return after going back to work. Work-related asthma is usually reversible. But permanent lung damage, or even death, can occur if exposure to the substance that causes the disease con tinues. In some workers, very small amounts of the substance can cause an asthrna attack. What causes Work-Related Asthma? There are all sorts of substances in the workplace that may cause work-related asthma. Here are some examples: 1. chemicals in polyurethane paints, cleaning materials, and other products 2. latex rubber 3. grain and flour dust 4. dust (dander) from animals and insects 5. molds Who gets Work-Related Asthma? Workers in hundreds of jobs are potentially exposed to substances in the airthat may cause work-related asthma. Here are some examples of jobs in New Jersey where work-related asthma has been diagnosed: 1. health care workers 2. hairdressers 3. janitors and housekeeping staff 4. bakery workers 5. animal handlers [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Animals Asthma Asthma, Occupational Chemistry Dust Lung Men Occupational Health Public Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Women

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• Keywords:
  Bakery-workers Bronchial-asthma Chemical-composition Cleaning-compounds Diseases Dust-exposure Dust-particles Dusts Grain-dusts Hairdressers Housekeeping-personnel Humans Public-health Pulmonary-function Pulmonary-system Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiration Respiratory-system-disorders Risk-factors Surveillance-programs

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• Publisher:
  New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043714
• Citation:
  Trenton, NJ: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS), 2006 Jan; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20040930
• Source Full Name:
  Do you have work-related asthma?
• End Date:
  20060929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195537/cdc_195537_DS1.pdf
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