Respiratory afflictions during hairdressing jobs: case history and clinical evaluation of a large symptomatic case series.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Respiratory symptoms at work are common among hairdressers. Various working materials, most notably bleaching ingredients such as ammonium persulfate, have been made responsible. The objective of this study is to achieve a better understanding of work-related respiratory symptoms of hairdressers by describing common features in a large affected collective.

Methods

One hundred forty-eight hairdressers with respiratory symptoms at work presenting between 2012 and 2019 were consecutively included in a case series. Anamnestic and diagnostic data including pulmonary function and allergy testing were retrospectively compiled from records and analysed. Additionally, cases were categorised in five groups with respect to occupational causation certainty.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Hiller J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9125837 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature