Skin Diseases among Migrant Construction Workers

Abstract

Background: The people who live and work in construction fields live in the dirtiest place which will often very be unhygienically maintained. So naturally the construction workers will be more prone to a lot of diseases. The unnatural chemicals to which the workers would be exposed are so many. The chemicals to which the construction workers would be exposed has the real potential to cause a health hazard. This study puts in an effort to actually find the burden of skin diseases in migrant construction workers. Aims and Objectives: To study the skin disease burden in migrant construction workers. Materials and Methods: This study is a cross sectional study and its community-based study. The study was done from March 2020 to February 2021. The study was done in the construction sites in and around A. J. Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.Results: The burden is huge and educating these people is a must with proper treatment.