PROFESSIONAL VITILGO IN A DRIVER RAILWAY-BUILDING MACHINES
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This article describes a clinical observation of chemically induced occupational vitiligo in a patient who works as a driver of railway construction machines.
Despite the fact that the process takes up 2.5% of the total skin surface, vitiligo has an extremely strong effect on the patient's quality of life. This is evidenced by The Dermatology Life Quality Index, which we calculated at -22.
The clinical case presented by us illustrates how, with prolonged epicutaneous exposure to chemical factors (aliphatic limit hydrocarbons, C1-10 during 100% of working hours), PFD aerosols (carbon dust 100% of working hours – class 2), as well as physical factors leading to stress exceeding the maximum permissible limit (rolling stock noise of Class 3.2 during 75% of shifts, work intensity – 3.1 grade), and the absence of other risk factors (autoimmune diseases, genetic predisposition) could provoke occupational vitiligo.
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