Abstract

CEDENO GABRIEL, Karly Paola; RUBIAL CARVAJAL, Gabriela  and  RUIZ ALMIRON, Carmen. Pathology labor sensitising, respiratory and skin in the food industry. Med. segur. trab. [online]. 2014, vol.60, n.236, pp.536-565. ISSN 1989-7790.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S0465-546X2014000300007.

The introduction of new substances in the food industry brings new "sensitization" a multitude of products such as food additives raw materials and intermediates. There are both individual factors (atopy, smoking, rhinitis) and industrial (levels of exposure, sensitization to allergens, "wet work") associated with an increased risk of asthma and presentation of occupational contact dermatitis (irritant and allergic). The importance from the point of view of the number of reported cases is necessary to deepen the existing knowledge and scientific evidence regarding the epidemiology and natural history of occupational disease hypersensitivity. With the aim of ascertaining the scientific evidence concerning the association between working conditions and pulmonary diseases and dermatoses in the food industry, a systematic analysis of the scientific production from 2007-2012, on the main bibliographic databases, was performed: PubMed, SciELO, EMBASE, Scopus, Lilacs, www.ilo.org / cisdocdatabase. A total of 23 articles met the inclusion criteria. The results suggest that the prevalence of hypersensitivity varies depending of the activity and sensitizing agent between 7% and 38.7% with a level of evidence between 2 ++ and 3. Within occupational dermatoses, irritant contact dermatitis is still more prevalent than allergic contact dermatitis. Protein contact dermatitis is a common disorder in food handlers and should be considered a separate clinical entity. Atopy is a risk factor for the development of respiratory and skin symptoms. Were not identified in the literature new diagnostic test.

Keywords : Food industry; Dermatitis occupational; Asthma; Asthma occupational; Occupational exposure; Occupational allergens; Occupational disease.

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