[Occupational asthma in a laboratory technician].

This observation reports the case of an occupational allergic asthma in a laboratory technician, caused by exposure to formaldehyde. She experienced feelings of discomfort during low exposure, below the regulatory exposure thresholds. Sent to occupational medicine, signs of an asthma attack were noted by the doctor.

[What you need to know about working as an occupational health nurse].

The occupational health nurse's professional attitude makes him or her a privileged contact for the workers he or she monitors. Well-trained and well-received by the occupational physician, they work to promote health and reduce occupational risks and illnesses.

[Becoming an occupational health nurse].

Since March 2023, occupational health nurses have been required to have a professional license, a master's degree or an inter-university diploma. They are required to take over 200 hours of theoretical courses, and to complete one or more internships equivalent to over 100 hours.

[Occupational health nurses: towards a new profession?].

The role of the state-qualified occupational health nurse is essential in a prevention and occupational health service: wherever they work, they are recognized for their skills in the overall monitoring of employees, in prevention, and in the management of working conditions and risks. They work in close collaboration with the occupational physician and a multidisciplinary team.

[Organization of occupational health in France].

Inter-company services, and autonomous services in larger companies, aim to avoid any deterioration in workers' health, by preventing and assessing risks, advising employers and workers, and monitoring and analyzing working conditions. This is made possible by a multi-disciplinary team working in the field and providing regular support to each individual.

[A brief history of occupational medicine].

Occupational medicine has been concerned with work-related pathologies and their prevention since ancient times. It has evolved with scientific discoveries, societal changes, the establishment of health and safety authorities, better observation of working conditions and multidisciplinary organization.

[Nurses and occupational health: what are the links?].

The field of health extends to the workplace, since it is part of human life. Occupational health and prevention services work to promote health and well-being, and are attentive to the risks of illness and ill-being.

The prevalence of seasickness in a population of French civilian sailors.

Background: Motion sickness, is the onset of a series of clinical signs when travelling in a means of locomotion. Boats are the most common source of kinetosis, causing seasickness. Although this condition is often benign, it can severely affect the quality of life of seafarers, as well as the quality of their work.

[Alcohol consumption by health students: Ifsi protected?].

A study of health students at the Université de Bretagne Occidentale showed that nursing students smoked more than those in other fields. The present study of health students in the same city shows that, conversely, students in nursing training institutes (Ifsi) consumed less alcohol.

Does Decreased Diffusing Capacity of the Lungs for Carbon Monoxide Constitute a Risk of Decompression Sickness in Occupational Divers?

Long-term alterations of pulmonary function (mainly decreased airway conductance and capacity of the lungs to diffuse carbon monoxide (DLCO)) have been described after hyperbaric exposures. However, whether these alterations convey a higher risk for divers' safety has never been investigated before. The purpose of the present pilot study was to assess whether decreased DLCO is associated with modifications of the physiological response to diving.

COVID-19 on board a cruise ship: medical management.

Background: First, this analysis was conducted to study a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cluster dynamic on a cruise ship in order to allow the ship physician to anticipate the duration and importance of the contaminations. Secondly, the author tries to find out if the closed environment on board allows specific conclusions about epidemic dynamics and preventative measures.

Materials And Methods: From a personal epidemiological compendium done by himself on board the author analysed different epidemic curves identified on board other ships and compared them to the epidemiologic data from the different COVID-19 contamination waves in France since 2020.

[Care, a place of affectivity and emotions].

Joy, fear, disgust, anger, sadness, surprise, emotions are fleeting and natural affects that catch us off guard. Care, as a face-to-face encounter with others, in a sometimes difficult context of serious or chronic pathologies, can become a place of affectivity, all the more so as care crosses the barriers of bodily intimacy. What to do with one's emotions in care?

Mapping the 'Ethical' Controversy of Human Heritable Genome Editing: a Multidisciplinary Approach.

Unlabelled: Genome editing, for instance by CRISPR-Cas, is a major advancement of the last 10 years in medicine but questions ethically our practices. In particular, human embryo heritable genome editing is a source of great controversy. We explored how this ethical question was debated in the literature from PubMed database, in a period of 4 years (2016-2020) around the announcement of the 'CRISPR babies' Chinese experiment in November 2018.

[Risks and opportunities of reproduction with HIV].

As the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has become a chronic disease, the question of becoming a parent arises for HIV-positive people. There are several answers to this question, depending on the situation. Here is an overview of the risks and possibilities of procreation with HIV.

[The place of therapeutic education in the care of an HIV-positive patient].

Since the advent of triple therapy, HIV has become a chronic disease. Therapeutic patient education (TPE) seems to have a place in this accompaniment, which has sometimes lasted several decades. The role of a nurse in TPE is still essential for the accompaniment of an HIV positive patient.

[Living and aging with HIV].

HIV is not exclusive to the young population. Emotional life continues with age, and 20% of new cases of infection in France are among people over 50. This is therefore a public health issue for "seniors".

[Care and information for an HIV-positive patient].

Since the year 2000, AIDS has become a chronic disease that can be treated and monitored. The two specific and necessary parameters for monitoring patients are the CD4 lymphocyte rate, which indicates the state of the immune system, and the viral load, which makes it possible to monitor the effectiveness of the antiretroviral treatments prescribed; in addition, blood antiretroviral drugs can be measured in certain cases. Today, it is clear that a patient who is effectively treated with an undetectable viral load is no longer a contaminant and that he or she will live with the disease, while facing the health issues common to everyone: emotional life, aging, other pathologies.

[Moving from a life-threatening to a chronic disease: a summary of treatments].

HIV infection has gone from being an AIDS disease, with a more or less short term vital prognosis, in the 1980s, to a chronic disease, and a life of HIV positive people. From a formal point of view, how has HIV infection been prevented? Where are we today, between triple therapy treatments and pre- and post-exposure treatments?

[Memories of the dark years].

Without claiming to circumscribe the human experience and the distress of patients and caregivers, health professionals who lived through the "dark years" before 1996 and the advent of triple therapy testify and share their memories.

[A little background on the history of AIDS and HIV].

As we have just commemorated the 40th anniversary of the discovery of AIDS, which was described in 1981 and declared a pandemic 20 years ago, in 2002, we are tracing the history of the disease in order to promote awareness of the imaginary nature of the disease. A useful approach to the care of the HIV-positive person.