Vibration disease

…One example of a disorder caused by localized vibration is occupational Raynaud's phenomenon, which has been attracting social attention since the early 1960s under the name of white wax disease. Raynaud's phenomenon caused by vibration disorders is not limited to functional disorders of the peripheral blood vessels of the fingers, but is a systemic disorder that also includes a heavy feeling in the head, headaches, dizziness, sleep disorders, and disorders of the bone and joint systems of the elbows, cervical vertebrae, and lumbar vertebrae due to functional disorders of the central nervous system, and many people believe that the name vibration disease is appropriate. The International Organization for Acoustics (ISO) and the Japan Society for Occupational Health have issued recommendations on acceptable standards for whole-body vibration according to frequency, acceleration, and exposure time, and localized vibration is currently under review. …

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…局所振動による障害としては，白蠟（はくろう）病の名で昭和40年代初めころから社会的にも関心がもたれるようになった職業性レイノー現象がある。振動障害によるレイノー現象は，必ずしも手指の末梢血管の機能障害だけにとどまらず，中枢神経系の機能障害にもとづく頭重感，頭痛，めまい，睡眠障害や，ひじ，頸椎，腰椎などの骨関節系の障害も伴う全身性の障害であり，振動病vibration diseaseという名称を適切とする意見が多い。全身振動についての許容基準は，国際音響機構(ISO)，日本産業衛生学会から振動数，加速度，暴露時間に応じて勧告が出されており，局所振動については目下検討されている。…

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