O'Farrill-Romanillos Patricia María, Ávila-Lara Anabel, Álvarez-Chávez Fabián Eduardo, Tinajero Juan Carlos, Torres Ana Luisa Nayeli, Maldonado-Domínguez Edwin Daniel
Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Hospital Especialidades, Ciudad de México, México.
Rev Alerg Mex. 2020 Jul-Sep;67(3):286-292. doi: 10.29262/ram.v67i3.794.
Asthma has a global prevalence of 18%. In work-related asthma, there is an association between asthma and the exposure to dust, vapors, or fumes only at the workplace, in patients with or without a previous asthma diagnosis; it represents approximately 5-25% of the cases of adult onset asthma. In Mexico, the information about this topic is scarce.
A series of 17 patients with an asthma diagnosis and occupational exposure to dust, vapors, or fumes is reported; occupational asthma was determined by the Allergy and Clinical Immunology Service at Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI.
Occupational health is essential for the proper performance of the staff, the optimal performance of the work unit, and for avoiding health damages, economic losses, and social implications. The role of the physician in charge of occupational health in terms of prevention, diagnosis, and timely management of frequent pathologies according to the work sector, represents a great area of opportunity that is important to fulfill in many work centers.
哮喘在全球的患病率为18%。在职业性哮喘中，无论患者之前是否被诊断为哮喘，哮喘都与仅在工作场所接触粉尘、蒸汽或烟雾有关；它约占成人哮喘病例的5%-25%。在墨西哥，关于这个主题的信息很少。
报告了一系列17例被诊断为哮喘且职业接触粉尘、蒸汽或烟雾的患者；职业性哮喘由国家医学中心二十一世纪过敏与临床免疫科确定。
职业健康对于员工的正常工作、工作单位的最佳绩效以及避免健康损害、经济损失和社会影响至关重要。负责职业健康的医生在根据工作部门对常见病症进行预防、诊断和及时管理方面的作用，是一个很大的机会领域，在许多工作中心都很重要。
