Occupational asthma are a major etiology of allergic asthma, especially among manual labor. The baker job exposes to significant level of flour. Some of allergenic components at work have simitudes with environmental allergens, for example cereals flour with gramineous pollens. GRAMIPRO is a retrospective cohort study that analyzes data from one specialized center at Créteil in the Paris region. The primary goal is to assess Participants include women and men aged over 18 years old at the time of their first consultation in the Occupational and Environmental Pathology Department of Créteil between April 2011 and July 2023, in order to explore asthma from an allergological perspective, patients working as bakers, pastry chefs, or restaurant workers, who are aware of exposed and patients in other professions; asthmatic patients with or without associated rhinitis. Exclusions apply for patients who opposing to participate, patients without asthma symptoms; and patients who did not consult for the first time in the given period. Data will be stored, anonymized, and analyzed using EasyMedStat. Data collection is scheduled between January 1 and 31, 2025 This research aims to o explore the factors that may influence the occurrence and severity of flour-induced allergic asthma symptoms in professionals exposed to this allergen, in order to consider prevention strategies and tools to advise individuals pursuing careers that expose them to flour. This study is intended for allergists, occupational physicians, general practitioners, and pulmonologists.
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impact of the prevalence of pollen grass sensitization in professionals with asthma, whether or not associated with allergic rhinitis, and exposed to flour or other allergens besides flour.
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