Due to the constant symptoms from Radiograph Technologist, multiple studies have been performed to correlate these lifelong issues with the chemicals they use daily. A long list of harmful chemicals is used daily in order to process x-ray film. Harmful tools mixed with the lack of ventilation and precaution has turned into a variety of side effects including (bad taste in their mouth, nausea, skin issues, headaches and nose bleeds). Although processing of film is nearly gone away with and moved on to digital, one has to wonder what lifelong damage has been caused due to the years of exposure. Darkroom Disease People who work around chemicals suffer more than 190,000 illnesses and 50,000 deaths …show more content…
Numerous studies have been performed to try and relate common symptoms that radiography technologists are experiencing with the chemicals they work around daily. What was originally grouped together with multiple chemical sensitively, was finally given its own name (Darkroom Disease) in 1980. Discovery Darkroom Disease is a very complex disease mostly due to the wide range of symptoms and mistaken diagnosis. What comes off as cold or allergic reaction is a lifelong intolerance to certain harsh chemicals. Some common symptoms include metal taste in the mouth, sore throat, nose bleeds, skin rash , nausea and serious headaches (Al Zabadi, Hamzeh; Nazzal, Yaser.(2014)). Another level of difficulty in discovery is not all radiographers experiences every symptom. Thanks to a Technologist named Marjorie Gordon, who would eventually have her disease diagnosed and named. Due to exposes to the chemicals, multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) was discovered in 1952 when certain patients had reactions to chemicals. According to “The journal of environmental protection and ecology” roughly 5% of the USA population has permanent MCS symptoms and skin damage. This means that whenever the person smells or is engaged in
requiered to determine treatment. Lab tests or imaging is often requiered as well. It’s chronic,
...health of a patient and a follow up check at the GP’s may be required.
light, breathing in cold, fresh, and pure air, absent contaminated, and seeing no signs of
...ree forms. In the first people suffer an infection of the lungs, which leads to breathing difficulties. Whoever has this corruption or contamination to any extent cannot escape but will die within two days. Another form...in which boils erupt under the armpits, a third form in which people of both sexes are attacked in the groin.”
globally spread. The symptoms of this illness are quite defined and are very recognizable. Cause
or a supply of carbon monoxide gas. These are just some examples of what a physician might
Almost everyone occasionally feels unwell because they are suffering from one or more common symptoms of discomfort such as headaches, dry throat or sore eyes. A 1984 World Health Organization Committee report suggested that up to 30 percent of new and remodelled buildings worldwide may be the subject of excessive complaints related to indoor air quality (IAQ) (Environmental Protection Energy, 1991). But there are occasions when, for no obvious reasons, people working in particular buildings experience these sorts of symptoms more often than is usual. The symptoms tend to increase in severity with time spent in the building and improve over time or disappear away from the building (Accepta, 2014). This is often described as Sick Building Syndrome. The main symptoms associated with Sick Building Syndrome are dry or itchy skin or skin rash, dry or itchy eyes, nose or throat, headaches, lethargy, irritability, or poor concentration and stuffy or runny nose.
...problem that lead him to this hospitalization. A reevaluation after 21 days was ordered by the doctor to determine if the herbs were the contributing factor to the patients’ chest pain and shortness of breath due to tachycardia.
The human race is known to have developed numerous allergies to various known and unknown allergens. An extreme allergic reaction which can be “life-threatening”. Mydr.com.au, 2014) is referred to as Anaphylaxis. It is a “medical emergency”(Lloyd & Sisman,2013).Statistics indicate that maximum deaths occur due to allergic reactions to various medicines. Other causative agents can be insects, food, latex, hair dye, etc(Lloyd & Sisman,2013).
infected from skin to skin contact with others who have skin warts. The skin warts affect one
causes many respiratory diseases (http://www.thetruth.com/issues/tbtc/behind.cfm).
Technological and accidental hazards can be occur without warning and can be both hazardous material incidents and failures at nuclear power plant. In some cases, victims that have been exposed to harmful chemicals or radiation show little to no symptoms until several years later. There are an increasing number of new substances and chemicals being manufactured which has increased the likelihood of a hazardous material spill or release. This also increases the risk to the environment and to the health and safety of a community.
“Infectious diseases are disorders caused by organisms — such as bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites” (None, 2013). It is caused by microorganisms and transmitted from an infected person to another and catch the same disease, and there are several infectious diseases caused by a lack of personal hygiene. Personal hygiene “is all the things we do to keep our bodies clean and healthy”. It is to maintain cleanliness at the body such as the cleanliness of hands and nails, hair, etc. and these areas more prone to capture harmful microbes (Crissey, 2005). There are several infectious diseases related to a lack of personal hygiene which affects the digestive and respiratory system and skin, such as scabies. “Scabies is a skin infection caused by the Sarcoptes scabiei” (Chang et al, 2006). Scabies is a common disease appears in all people and reconstruction affects the skin occurs ...