DERMATOSIS OCUPACIONALES
Abstract
Occupational dermatoses are processes whose fundamental cause or one of their triggering factors is exposure to the work environment.
When it is suspected that a dermatitis may be of occupational origin, the following points should be taken into account:
1. previous contact with substances that are known with certainty to produce eczema. However, there are eczemas or dermatoses produced by substances recently introduced in the industry.
2. Existence of similar skin lesions in other employees in the same work area.
3. Existence of a temporal relationship between the exposure to the substance and the development of the lesions. In this regard, an allergic eczema does not appear until 4 or 5 days after the contact. A contact that is repeated periodically once a week, favors the maintenance of eczema. Irritative eczema or primary irritant eczema starts slowly and with minor symptoms in most cases. Therefore, the temporal relationship may be difficult to establish.
4. Coincidence of the appearance and location of the clinical manifestations with other similar cases. The hands are the most frequent location with uniform clinical appearance.
5. Exacerbation of lesions when performing certain jobs and remission when performing others. The improvement of the disease during absences from work, incapacity, vacations or weekends should be taken into account. However, with some frequency, the
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