TY  - JOUR
T1  - Vibration related white finger disease: a case report
AU  - Kurtul, Seher
AU  - Türk, Meral
PY  - 2019
DA  - January
Y2  - 2018
DO  - 10.18621/eurj.379091
JF  - The European Research Journal
JO  - Eur Res J
PB  - Prusa Medical Publishing
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2149-3189
SP  - 226
EP  - 229
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
LA  - en
AB  - Vibration related white fingerdisease is frequently observed in workers exposed to hand-arm vibration. Themain occupational exposure sources for hand-arm vibration are grinding, roadand concrete breaking, using of grinding wheel, rotary saw, high pressure waterhose, pneumatic hammer, drill, hammer, hand crusher, lawn mower, road roller. A38-year-old male patient was admitted to our occupational disease clinic withcomplaints of pain on both fingertips, swelling on the fingers and occasionalwhitening of the fingers on both hands. There was a story of pneumatic hammeruse in a private firm that produced heat resistant plate for 12 years and alsowork story in the same company for 2 years in the grinding department. The casewas considered to be a white finger disease due to vibration with currentfindings and work history, and medical treatment for white finger disease wasregulated. It has been suggested that the patient should do job change, work ina non-cold environment, and also avoid work that can cause vibration. This casewho exposed hand-arm vibrations shows the importance of taking a detailed workhistory while taking an anamnesis. In screening the health effects of thehand-arm vibration, the complaints of white finger disease should be carefullyquestioned and examined. Vibration-related white finger disease, as in otheroccupational diseases, can be protected by taking effective measures at theworkplace.
KW  - vibration
KW  - occupation
KW  - occupational disease
KW  - white finger
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.18621/eurj.379091
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/480116
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