The most common occupational diseases in the Czech Republic

Previously, miners suffered the most from occupational diseases, later they were overtaken by the "health care industry", today metal-production workers are in first place (the incidence of scabies has decreased in the health care industry).

The most common are diseases caused by physical factors (carpal tunnel syndrome), then skin, lung, and infectious diseases. The health sector is dominated by scabies, hepatitis and tuberculosis. In agriculture anthropozoonoses (trichophyceus, erysipeloid, Lyme borreliosis).

The numbers of occupational diseases caused by chemicals are decreasing thanks to compliance with the permissible exposure limits (PEL) and the NPK-P, acute poisonings are now a matter of emergency situations.

The most frequently reported occupational diseases in the Czech Republic (2009)[edit | edit source]

Carpal tunnel syndrome
Scabies
Allergic contact dermatitis caused by other chemical products
Angler pneumoconiosis
Raynaud's disease^[1]

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Source[edit | edit source]

BENEŠ, Jiří. Studijní materiály [online]. [cit. 24.02.2010]. <http://jirben.wz.cz>.

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Klinika pracovního lékařství LF Masarykovy univerzity a Fakultní nemocnice u sv. Anny v Brně. Nemoci z povolání a ohrožení nemocí z povolání uznané středisky nemocí z povolání v České republice v roce 2009 [online]. ©2010. [cit. 2010-12-25]. <http://www.nemocizpovolani.cz/NZP09.pdf>.

Used literature[edit | edit source]

PELCLOVÁ, Daniela. Nemoci z povolání a intoxikace. 2. edition. Praha : Karolinum, 2006. 207 pp. ISBN 80-246-1183-X.

[1] Klinika pracovního lékařství LF Masarykovy univerzity a Fakultní nemocnice u sv. Anny v Brně. Nemoci z povolání a ohrožení nemocí z povolání uznané středisky nemocí z povolání v České republice v roce 2009 [online]. ©2010. [cit. 2010-12-25]. <http://www.nemocizpovolani.cz/NZP09.pdf>.

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