Asthma Advice Helpline

Asthma is the most common work related lung disorder. Every year there are more than 4000 new sufferers in the United Kingdom alone.

Asthma is an allergic reaction that causes the narrowing of the airways, hence sufferers find it hard to breath. Allergic treatment is required for the reaction to the airborne dust effect. For your health and safety work with the correct apparatus.

Occupations with a high asthma air pollution are listed below:

  • Baker
  • Wood machinist
  • Engineering building worker
  • Health worker
  • Paint Sprayers
  • Farm Worker
  • Welders & Foundry workers

Some of the causes of Asthmatic reactions are listed below and opposite

The mixing and spraying of isocyanate paints. Paint sprayers can be at greater risk for alergic treatment if they use two pack paints. For your health and safety work with full breathing apparatus when dealing with these substances

When casting in foundries in the engineering building industry, moulds are made by using sand and resins. The resins commonly used are phenol formaldehyde and iscoyanates. When welding certain materials fumes are given off which again can cause of asthma air pollution and require alergic treatment

A well known risk of occupational asthma is the grain dust effect from the harvesting and storage of cereal crops. Biocides are also a problem where workers are in regular contact with live stock

In the health service there are large amounts of airborne latex. For health and safety, work in general is done with disposable gloves. However, these can release respiratory irritants needing allergic treatment, when not contained in the correct health and safety work environment. Other asthma air pollution causes include anaesthetic gases, formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, biocides, cleaning agents and acrylates

Occupational asthma amongst bakers and related occupations is commonplace, the problems lie with the ingredients used in the process, wheat flour, soy bean flour, rye flour and additives. Dust clouds arise from brushing, throwing and sieving the flour. This is when the dust effect can cause the asthma reaction

With occupational asthma the symptoms will always be worse when you are in your working environment, to the extent that should you go on holiday for a few weeks then your symptoms will get better, Should that be the case then you may well have the condition.

Do you suffer in this way? If you do, call us.

DID YOU KNOW ?...

Asthma is the most common work related lung disorder and can be fatal.
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