In the coming decades allergy is a condition that affects much of the world's population. This inmurológica disease affects more prevalent in developed countries.
This pathology considerably reduces the quality of life and affects many professionals in their work. The Hospital team HLA San Carlos Allergology service ensures that allergies are caused by work, "They are the 'occupational' calls and arise associated with specific work activities. In addition, an increasing percentage of workers that develop against materials that are in permanent contact is greater".
"Allergy to environmental factors in the work environment is a condition that can incapacitate the individual to develop their professional work and is a major health problem involving important socio-economic losses". Even though we face the most common occupational disease, only declared between 1% and 2% of about 10.000 new cases per year in Spain, and it is believed that about 15% of asthma suffering population adult, has a professional origin, according to the 'white Paper allergy' of the World allergy Organization and a report of the International Labor Organization.
Health, bakers, painters and hairdressers among the most affected
The professions most often are exposed to this problem is for example "bakers, since by inhaling flour used have danger of suffering rhinitis or asthma. Painters, due solvents or hairdressers due to hair products as well as health workers and many become allergic to latex or handling some drugs that provide their patients"Explain HLA allergists San Carlos Office. Therefore, as the aforementioned international reports explain, the most common occupational allergies are those of respiratory and skin origin. In many cases, the situation only improves by moving away from the object that causes them.
In addition to the professions, the area where we live is also a factor to consider when to have allergies. "In Spain and surroundings must exercise extreme caution with respiratory allergies caused by dust mites due to environmental conditions and moisture. we can not forget to be alert to those caused by pollen, which are the most common, and those caused by fungi and animal dander"Clarify allergists. These those produced by the drug are added, and finally the food, which are significantly more severe by incidence among children and the hidden presence of allergens in packaged foods. "Rosaceae fruits, nuts, milk, egg, fish or shellfish are the most common foods that cause allergies," say the professionals.
A disease that can not be prevented
This disease attacks in many ways, by inhalation, ingestion, injection and even contact. It is able to cross the -mucosas physical barriers, epidermis- of our body and reach nerve centers of the immune system. These attacks trigger a diverse repertoire and annoying symptoms such as rhinitis, conjunctivitis, asthma, atopic dermatitis, urticaria and, in extreme cases, a shock.
"Taking into account that the disease can not be prevented, we must try to avoid what the patient is allergic to, be it mites, pollens, animals, food, medicines, etc. If allergen avoidance measures are not carried out, the reaction will be more intense ", explain the members of the Allergy Service of the hospital. Sometimes, especially at work, it is impossible to avoid what causes us allergy, and if it is very serious, the advisable thing is a change of profession. But if it's a mild case, another way to combat allergies is symptomatic treatments, "as antihistamines, corticosteroids, bronchodilators, etc. They used to prevent symptoms or to control them better"They conclude from the center.
