Le Feng, Liu Bin, Si Zixiang, Li Sheng, Qiao Jianjun
Department of Dermatology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Department of Dermatology, Beilun Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Ningbo, People's Republic of China.
Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2020 May 19;13:427-431. doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S240327. eCollection 2020.
Seafood workers have high risks of hand skin diseases. The purpose of this survey is to study the prevalence of occupational hand skin diseases in this population.
From March 2018 to October 2018, seafood workers in two food markets in Ningbo, China were investigated. Fungal microscopy and cultures from lesions on the hands and nails were performed. A community-based investigation of hand skin diseases was performed as a control group.
One handred and eleven of 135 (82.2%) seafood workers in two food markets in Ningbo were taken into the investigation. The prevalence of hand dermatitis was 50.5% (56/111) in seafood workers, which is significantly higher than that of the control group (7.43%, <0.001). It was found that the incidence of superficial fungal infection of the hands in seafood workers was much higher than that in community residents (26.1% vs 2.7%, <0.001). Without wearing waterproof gloves, longer working time per day, longer history of seafood work increased the risk of hand dermatitis, instead of candidial infection of the hands and nails.
Hand skin diseases are highly prevalent in seafood workers in Ningbo, a city in eastern China. This public health problem should be addressed in this population.
海鲜加工工人手部皮肤病风险较高。本次调查旨在研究该人群职业性手部皮肤病的患病率。
2018年3月至2018年10月，对中国宁波两个食品市场的海鲜加工工人进行了调查。对手部和指甲病变进行真菌显微镜检查和培养。以社区为基础对手部皮肤病进行调查作为对照组。
宁波两个食品市场的135名海鲜加工工人中有111名（82.2%）被纳入调查。海鲜加工工人手部皮炎患病率为50.5%（56/111），显著高于对照组（7.43%，<0.001）。发现海鲜加工工人手部浅表真菌感染的发生率远高于社区居民（26.1%对2.7%，<0.001）。不戴防水手套、每天工作时间较长、从事海鲜工作的时间较长会增加手部皮炎的风险，而不是手部和指甲念珠菌感染的风险。
在中国东部城市宁波，海鲜加工工人手部皮肤病患病率很高。应针对这一人群解决这一公共卫生问题。
