HAZARDS OF THE JOB

How your job can affect your health. This week: Lorry drivers age faster STUDIES suggest lorry drivers may be at greater risk of sun damage on the side of their face that is by the driver’s window.

An image of a truck driver in the New England Journal of Medicine showed the left side of his face was lined and sagging after 28 years, but the right was not. Standard glass won’t stop UVA rays associated with skin ageing, so you may be damaged sitting by an office window, said Dr Bav Shergill, a consultant dermatologist and British Association of Dermatologists spokesman. There are reports of lorry drivers getting Bell’s Palsy — temporary facial weakness or paralysis — due to wind blowing through a window. But there’s no good scientific evidence to suggest this is the cause, says Charles Nduka, a plastic surgeon and medical adviser to Facial Palsy UK. It is usually the result of a virus.