Public health and risks of welding smoke. Preventive strategies
Abstract
This research aims to characterize the signs of respiratory diseases related to exposure to welding gas in welding workers. It is a descriptive, correlatio- nal study with a quantitative approach. The sample consisted of 37 welding workers from the Contecon Guayaquil S.A. Company. in the City of Guayaquil in Ecuador in the year 2018 for a period of one year until 2019, of which, with their consent, an instrument structured by the researcher was applied ba- sed on the interrogations and examination, comple- mented with their clinical information to know about your respiratory health. The group of welders in its entirety are male (100%), the age group between 30-39 years (49%) and between 6-10 years of ex- perience (41%) prevail. Regarding the signs of res- piratory disease, there was a predominance of fever (57%), chest pain (32%) and acute cough (22%). There was a significant association between expo- sure to welding fume and fever, chest pain, acute cough, and chronic cough. It is important to create an occupational health prevention plan to avoid irre- versible deterioration in the respiratory function and well-being of the welder.
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