Doctors for Al-Riyadh: Implementing the ban on

working under the sun reduces occupational injuries

Doctors and specialists confirmed to "Al-Riyadh" that employing workers under the sun in open places and high temperatures would endanger their lives, due to the possibility of them being infected with many diseases and complications due to exposure to the sun and extreme heat, stressing that preventing work under the sun''s rays would contribute to Reducing occupational injuries, preserving the safety of workers, and sparing them from many dangerous diseases, most notably clots in the arteries and the brain, in addition to exposing them to heatstroke, which can reach critical and dangerous situations that may lead to death in some of them, in addition to the effect of hot sunlight on The cornea and causing many damages to the eyesight of workers.

At the beginning, Dr. Muhannad bin Muhammad bin Saeed, a clinical optometrist, spoke that working under the scorching rays of the sun causes great damage to the eye, as studies have shown that direct exposure to the sun may accelerate a change in the characteristics of the inner lens of the eye, which is known as cataract, which requires a procedure Surgery to treat it, and the worker may become dehydrated due to severe sweating and loss of water inside the body, which may in turn lead to poor eyesight, indicating that in view of many of the disease cases that are treated, we find that many of those who suffer from pterygium (namely It is a growth in a group of blood vessels and tissues that begin to grow in the eye under the conjunctiva and extends from the inner or outer corner of the eye to the tip of the cornea, and may reach inside the cornea in some advanced cases) You find them exposed to the sun''s rays to a great extent, confirming that in the event the pterygium reaches To the cornea and to the center of vision, it requires urgent treatment, as it directly affects the quality of vision of the affected person.

Muhannad explained that the use of sunglasses that protect the eyes from harmful ultraviolet rays and safety considerations do not completely prevent the risk of injury, but rather reduce the severity of the direct impact by a small percentage only, due to the ultraviolet rays that accompany the sun''s rays, indicating that the benefit in sunlight Turns into harmful substances when exposed to them directly and for long periods of time.

For his part, Dr. Abdul-Rahman Abu Aish, a consultant in internal medicine, diabetes and laboratories, who obtained the German Board, stated that exposing workers to the scorching rays of the sun in the hot climates in which most of the Gulf countries have many negatives and risks, starting with the clothes worn by some workers, especially cleaning workers during the period Summer, which is suitable for the winter weather due to the fact that it retains heat inside the body, and this poses a great danger to them, as it increases the effect of heat and makes the body live in moist heat, which is worse than dry heat, as it causes sweat to remain on the body and thus close all body pores Thus, the percentage of toxins coming out of it decreases, in addition to it increases the temperature of the body and makes it more susceptible to diseases resulting from their work under the sunlight and at high temperatures, which would cause them to lose large amounts of fluids in the body and become susceptible to blood condensation.

Dr. Abu Eish stressed that one of the greatest dangers of working under the sun is the double effort that the kidneys make to those workers, which may cause them to expose them to a large percentage of kidney stones due to the deposits that remain in the body due to the loss of large amounts of fluids, in addition to the possibility of injury The worker suffers from sunstroke, which in turn may lead to coma, which requires the patient to be treated within a maximum of half an hour in order to avoid unfortunate complications that may lead to death. Our religion commanded us in the first place, and forcing workers to perform their tasks under the scorching rays of the sun during times of prohibition is not appropriate for us as Muslims, in addition to being something that may cause harm to others, stressing that the productivity of a person at a high temperature is weak as a result of losing the body large quantities Liquids that result in slow movement and poor concentration.

While Dr. Mamdouh Subhi, consultant cardiologist at King Fahd General Hospital in Jeddah governorate, explained that working under sunlight at a high temperature leads to loss of important fluids and minerals in the body, and this thus negatively affects the balance of the blood vessel cycle to and from the heart, as this leads to a decrease The pressure accompanied by an acceleration in the heart rate, and the decrease may be severe, causing a failure in the perfusion of vital organs in the body such as the heart, brain, kidneys, liver and extremities, which results in their failure and failure, adding that the high temperature of the sun increases the viscosity of the blood, and this is an important factor in the occurrence of clots and blood clots In the arteries and veins, which leads to a deficiency in the functions of the organs that feed them.

Dr. Mamdouh noted that the high blood viscosity also increases the susceptibility to clotting and clots of the coronary arteries of the heart, which may cause severe heart attacks such as angina and myocardial infarction, as well as clots in the arteries of the brain that may lead to clots in the brain and stroke, in addition to the clots of the kidney arteries. It leads to insufficiency and failure of the kidneys, in addition to clots in the arteries of the liver, which results in liver failure.

Subhi pointed out that the extremities'' clots lead to a failure in the circulation of the extremities and their failure, and consequently the occurrence of leg vein clots, which may cause venous clots in the extremities and pulmonary arteries, which may lead to clots of the lungs, stressing that exposure to sunlight at high temperatures leads to fatigue And exhaustion and fatigue, which leads to an increase in stress on the heart muscle and its fatigue, and this may cause its failure and failure, in addition to exposure to the hot sun causes an acceleration in the number of heartbeats and this helps the occurrence of heart perfusion failure with an increase in the susceptibility to severe heart attacks such as angina and myocardial infarction Heart failure, as well as an increased acceleration of the heart rate, leads to an increased consumption of heart oxygen, which may cause unstable heart attacks.

A cardiology consultant at King Fahd General Hospital in Jeddah pointed out that direct exposure to hot sunlight with long standing may lead to some people having seizures known medically as a "vasovagal episode", which are caused by fluid accumulation in the veins of the extremities and the lack of blood flow to the heart and brain. What causes a sharp in pressure and a in the heart rate and the reason for the in the heart rate is the inconsistency of the nerve commands between the heart and the brain, so the heart rate is slowed rather than accelerated due to a decrease in pressure and its symptoms are dizziness, nausea, sweating and fainting, and it is treated by stretching to the ground and raising the legs For a period of minutes, this causes an increase in blood flow to the heart and brain, thus treating it.

It should be noted that the Ministry of Labor prohibits working under the sun directly from 12 noon until 3 pm in the period between June 15 and the end of September 15 of each calendar year, and this is the same thing that applies to most Gulf countries, given that The weather in the region converges during the summer period.