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Pattern of skin diseases among migrant construction workers in Mangalore
Maria Kuruvila1, S Dubey, Pratik Gahalaut
1Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Kasturba Medical College and Hospital, Attavar, Mangalore, India.
Background:
With increasing industrialization, the construction industry provides employment to a large number of skilled and nonskilled workers, many of them migrant workers.
Aim:
This study was undertaken to provide epidemiological data regarding various dermatoses among migrant construction workers in India as currently there is a paucity of the same.
Methods:
One thousand construction workers, including 467 migrant laborers, were examined for various dermatoses.
Results:
Most (88%) workers were males and 51.17% were in their third decade. Infective and noninfective dermatoses were seen in 89.72% and 53.74% of laborers respectively. Among infective dermatoses, fungal infections were the most common (46.25%) ones, followed by bacterial infections (24.83%), scabies (8.56%) and viral infections (6.42%). Contact dermatitis to cement was seen in 12.48% of the laborers. Masons had a significantly higher incidence of contact dermatitis to cement, viral infections and scabies than helpers.
Conclusions:
The pattern of dermatoses is an expression of poverty, overcrowding and the occupational hazards of the construction industry.
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