Focus on work-related asthma
Abstract
Work-related asthma, encompassing both occupational asthma and work-exacerbatedasthma, accounts for 10%-25% of adult asthma in Europe and occupational asthma iscurrently one of the most common forms of occupational lung disease in many industrializedcountries. It is cause of direct and indirect costs for the worker, the employer andthe society and it is probably still underdiagnosed. Hence, the possibility of work-relatedasthma should be considered in all adult patients in whom asthma started or worsenedduring their working life. The investigation of WRA includes assessing the presenceof asthma, and demonstrating its work-relatedness, that requires training andexpertise. Due to the frequent association of occupational asthma and rhinitis, thepresence of both upper and lower airway symptoms should be investigated. Furthermore,since is work-related asthma is a preventable disease all efforts should be madefor effective prevention strategies.
Keywords
Work-related-asthma,work-related-rhinitis, diagnosis,management, medicolegal aspects
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