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Plantar Fasciitis: The Foot Injury That Starts as Morning PainThe first sign is a stabbing sensation in the heel the moment a guard puts weight on his foot after a rest break. That is plantar fasciitis, inflammation of the thick band of tissue running along the bottom of the foot.…

The Air Inside a Professional Kitchen Is Not AirA halwais working a tandoor at full heat is inhaling combustion gases, particulate matter, and vaporised fat simultaneously. A dhaba cook frying on a tawa over a wood or LPG flame produces a mix of carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons,…

Silicosis: The Stone Cutter's SentenceSilicosis is the most severe and irreversible lung condition found among Indian stone cutters, sandstone miners, and construction workers who grind or chisel silica-bearing rock. Fine crystalline silica particles, when inhaled repeatedly, lodge in the alveoli and trigger a fibrotic response: the lung tissue hardens around…

Musculoskeletal damage from continuous vibrationEvery hour on a two-wheeler transmits road vibration directly through the spine. A 2019 study published in the International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics found that professional two-wheeler riders exposed to whole-body vibration for more than four hours daily showed significantly higher rates of lumbar disc degeneration…