Respiratory response to tobacco dust exposure among biddi binders: A follow up and bronchodilator study
| Autor: | Sk. Jane Alam, Anirban Chowdhury, Mubarak Hossain, B P Chattopadhyay, Amar Kundu, P K Gangopadhyay, A. N. Das |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.drug_class bronchodilator aerosol Gastroenterology Biddi binders Pulmonary function testing FEV1/FVC ratio Internal medicine Bronchodilator medicine Lung volumes tobacco dust initial and follow-up study business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health biddi making respiratory system Tobacco dust Surgery respiratory tract diseases Bronchodilatation Salbutamol Sputum Original Article medicine.symptom business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| ISSN: | 0973-2284 |
| Popis: | Intorduction: The tobacco dusts get air borne during biddi making and it is inhaled by the biddi binders, which affects their health. Results: In a follow-up study, 86 biddi binders (male, 41; female, 45) were studied at a gap of 2 years. A high respiratory morbidity was observed among males than females both in the initial and follow-up study. The main complaints such as cough, sputum, and breathlessness showed high prevalence rates in the follow-up study. The high prevalence rates of weakness, giddiness, chronic diarrhea, and dyspepsia were noted in most of the cases the above complaints showed higher rates in the follow-up study. Pulmonary function test (PFT) values in the follow-up study of male and female biddi binders showed lowered compared with the initial study of same gender. In male and female biddi binders, the lung volumes SVC, FVC, FEV 1 , and the flow rates FEF 0.2-1.2 l , FEF 25%-75% , FEF 75%-85% were significantly lowered in the follow-up study compared with the initial study. Age-related decrement in PFT was observed in both the studies. In nonsmokers, smokers, and ex-smokers, the PFT values are lowered. The current smokers have the lowest values in both the studies. With the administration of the bronchodilator aerosol (salbutamol) in 63 biddi binders (male, 27; female, 36), the effect of bronchodilator aerosol on the PFT parameters showed significant changes as all PFT parameters showed positive bronchodilatation. Conclusion: The pattern of bronchodilator response on PFT values of the biddi binders suggests that the obstructions in the airways are reversible in nature. |
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