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Why this?
Seems to be more common among deep-sea fishermen and other populations who spend a lot of time at sea than in the general population, is all. Possibly to do with all the salt, but I really don't know why.
Does it include waiters on cruise ships, etc? (Just trying to isolate for stress, etc.)
Actually, doing a bit of a look on Google, I can't back that up for cruise ship personnel, and it looks like there's some evidence in the other cases that it's due to stress factors. I retract the statement.
I originally thought you meant it was caused by stress and I still thought it was valid.
Well, presumably being at sea in a non-stressful environment would have some chance of not causing that.
I'm not sure what such a thing really looks like, mind (luxury cruise passengers don't usually live on the boat long-term) or if it's feasible to talk about it within the space of current nautical engineering. I certainly have never been on a boat that didn't feel like a fairly controlled, sensitive environment in which one couldn't just relax without having to keep tabs on everything else, but my experience is limited to fishing, crabbing and similar boats, which are very high-stress environments if you're doing more than a quick excursion, especially in the waters I'm familiar with.