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- From: nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: "sick" office
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.015231.2143@cnsvax.uwec.edu>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 07:52:31 GMT
- References: <5TVPTB1w164w@carrera.wvus.org>
- Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
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- In article <5TVPTB1w164w@carrera.wvus.org>, pete@carrera.wvus.org (Pete Gregory) writes:
- > hi - my wife has had "sinus infection" and "allergy" problems ever since
- > she started a new job three months ago. we're beginning to suspect that
- > some chemical or something at work is causing or exacerbating her
- > condition.
- >
- > specifics:
- >
- > * three different antibiotics from ear-nose-throat dr. in a month.
- > a sinus x-ray last week confirms for him that there is *no* infection.
- > ergo: allergy.
- >
- > * many smokers are in this office. some have quit, and my wife's
- > symptoms have gotten somewhat better. i'm thinking her symptoms are
- > still with her because of lingering smoke in carpets/drapes/walls,
- > plus there are still a few smokers around.
- >
- > * this is a less-than-fifty-employees company, so the company gets to
- > make its own rules. the owner chews, so he's not likely to force
- > smokers to quit.
- >
- > what can we do? anyone else with similar experiences? thanks...
-
- Sounds like the "sick building syndrome". Do others where your
- wife works have similar symptoms? Do the symptoms abate when she
- is away from work (like over the weekend)? If this is in fact the
- cause of her symptoms, she may have some recourse through OSHA.
-
- David Nye
- nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu
-