What is work-related asthma?

Asthma is a respiratory disease. It creates a narrowing of the air passages that results in difficult breathing, tightness of the chest, coughing, and breath-sounds such as wheezing. When a substance or condition at work causes asthma, it is called work-related asthma. WORK-RELATED ASTHMA FALLS IN ONE OF TWO MAIN CATEGORIES:

• Occupational asthma – refers to cases of asthma caused by specific agents in the workplace. Occupational asthma can be further divided into two groups:
• Sensitizer-induced asthma – caused by sensitization (reaction) to a substance.
• Irritant-induced asthma (also called reactive airways dysfunction syndrome, or RADS) which is caused […]

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