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Asthma (AZ-muh) is a chronic disease that affects your airways, which are the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs. If you have asthma, the inside walls of your airways are inflamed (swollen). The inflammation (IN-fla-MAY-shun) makes the airways very sensitive, and they tend to react strongly to things to which you are allergic or find irritating. When the airways react, they get narrower and less air flows through to your lung tissues. This causes symptoms like wheezing (a whistling so... 
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This is asthma caused solely by something where you work. There are over 200 substances currently known and recognised as a cause of occupational asthma. Examples are: isocyanates, latex and some wood dusts. Oral steroid A class of medications generally used to help treat severe asthma attacks. Because these medications travel throughout the bloodstream to the entire body, there is more chance for serious side effects to occur.
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Asthma as related to Occupational asthma
- Occupational asthma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Occupational asthma is defined as: "a disease characterized by variable airflow limitation and/or airway hyper-responsiveness due to causes and conditions attributable to a particular occupational environment and not stimuli encountered outside the workplace". ...
Introduction · History · Signs and symptoms · Diagnosis
- Asthma UK - Occupational asthma
Occupational asthma: causes, prevention, diagnosis, compensation. ... Some substances that you might come across at work can actually cause asthma.
- Safety and Health Topics: Occupational Asthma
Occupational Asthma ... An estimated 11 million workers in a wide range of industries and occupations are exposed to at least one of the numerous agents known to be associated with ...
- Occupational Asthma - American Lung Association site
March 2002. What Are Its Symptoms? Who Gets Occupational Asthma? What Causes Occupational Asthma? How Is Occupational Asthma Diagnosed? Is Occupational Asthma Preventable?
- Occupational asthma information for workers
Home > Workers Workers "Employers and their health and safety personnel should inform workers about any causes of occupational asthma in the workplace and the need to report any ...
- Occupational Asthma
Occupational Asthma This Information Sheet is designed to inform teenagers and adults about the occurrence, causes and treatment of occupational asthma. What is Occupational Asthma ...
- BOHRF Occupational Asthma Guidelines
Home > BOHRF BOHRF Occupational Asthma Guidelines. These occupational asthma guidelines are reproduced here with the kind permission of the "British Occupational Health Research ...
- Occupational asthma - MayoClinic.com
Occupational asthma b Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes and treatment of this lung disease.
- Occupational Asthma
Detailed information on occupational asthma, including symptoms, cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment
- Occupational Asthma - ACAAI
Occupational Asthma. Do you have wheezing, coughing or shortness of breath at work? If so, you could have occupational asthma. Is your asthma caused by your work?
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