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Background: India being a developing country, progressing and emerging as a developed country, has tremendous need of physical infrastructure and construction work and as a result of this , there is a rising demand of construction workers. Workers in the construction industry are mainly migratory and are employed mainly on the basis of contract or subcontract. These workers have temporary relationship between employer and employee, uncertainty in their working hours, contracting and subcontracting system, lack of basic continuous employment, lack of basic amenities, and inadequacy of welfare schemes. The current study was a community based cross-sectiona Methodology : l study. 500 construction workers at ve different construction sites in and around Chennai were screened for dermatological complaints and treated for the same. After excluding the local labourers, the prevalence of dermatological diseases among 300 migrant workers are discussed in this study. Diagnosis of skin diseases were made using clinical skills by screening all the migrant construction workers who were available onsite. The prevalence of Results: dermatological conditions among migrant workers was found to be 55.7%. Infective skin diseases contributed to 64% and non-infective skin diseases contributed to remaining 35.9%. Among infective dermatoses, Fungal infections (32.3%) were the most common. Mite infestation (scabies) was found in 13(7.8 %) workers.12.6% of the workers had Bacterial infections. Viral infections like Warts(3%), Herpes Simplex virus(2.4%) and Molluscum Contagiosum(0.6%) have contributed to the minimal portion of the dermatological conditions. One worker had Hansen's disease(0.6%). Allergic Contact Dermatitis(12.6%), Photodermatitis(4.8%), Miliaria(3.6%), Hand Eczema(3.6%) were the common non-infective dermatological conditions affecting the study population. The pattern of dermatological Conclusion: condition in these migrant construction workers is an expression of poor hygiene, overcrowding and occupational hazards of the construction industry.
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