A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DIFFERENT BLOOD PARAMETERS AMONGST THE CEMENT AND NON CEMENT WORKERS OF GUWAHATI CITY - A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY

DR (MRS) REETA BAISHYA; DR SENGRAK R. MARAK; DR DHIREN SAHARIA

Volume : VII, Issue : V, May - 2018

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DIFFERENT BLOOD PARAMETERS AMONGST THE CEMENT AND NON CEMENT WORKERS OF GUWAHATI CITY - A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY

Dr Mrs Reeta Baishya, Dr Sengrak R. Marak, Dr Dhiren Saharia

Abstract :

Background:Cement dust exposure not only leads to respiratory symptoms but also to skin, ocular and haematological disturbances. This study evaluates the changes in haematological parameters in relation to cement dust exposure.

Methods: Cross sectional study of 100 exposed and 100 controls groups amongst the age group of 18 to 60 years. Blood parameters were evaluated via Haemocytometry, Colorimetry and Westergren�s method for TLC, Hb% and ESR respectively. Results were obtained by statistical analysis and p value of <0.5 was considered significant.

Results: There is significant increase in the levels of TLC and ESR with significant decrease in Hb% in groups exposed to cement dust as compared to control groups as evident by p value <0.5.

Conclusions: We concluded that cement dust exposure can lead to decrease in haemoglobin counts and increase in TLC and ESR respectively