Recommendations for a Screening Series for Allergic Contact Eyelid Dermatitis

Abstract

The allergens found to be relevant in eyelid dermatitis vary among different regions. These data may help contribute to generating a standard screening tool to improve the detection and management of these cases.

A Study to Determine the Clinico-Etiological Factors in Eye Lid Dermatitis

“…Thiomersal showed patch test positivity in 7.64% patients in our study. Similar results were seen by Herro et al, (15) in 6.45% patients and Valesschi et al, (7) in 6.66% patients. Vaccination is the possible cause of sensitization in early childhood so relevance of positive patch test needs to be evaluated carefully.…”

“…Fragrance mix was positive in 10.77% of patients in our study. Similar results were found by Feser et al, (16) in 11.5%, Goosens et al, (11) in 15.46% and Herro et al, (15) in 19.35%, while Valesschi et al, (7) in 8%, Reitshel et al, (12) in 7.1% and Cooper et al, (14) in 6% of…”

“…One patient showed positivity to both neomycin and gentamycin. In various studies positivity was seen in 3.3% to 16.13%6 (12,15) of patients. The difference is due to variable rates of use of ophthalmic medications in various study populations.…”

“…Similar results were found by Faser et al, (13) in 13.8%. In various other studies, Reitschal et al, (12) found positivity in 6.3%, Herro et al, (15) in 22.58%, Goosens et al, (11) in 8.45% and…”

“…Positivity to PPD in our study was seen in 10(15.38%) patients, 6 out of which also showed positivity to the various hair dyes and mehndi preparations. Herro et al (15) found positivity in 12.90%, Goosens et al, (11) in 8.91% patients, Cooper et al, (14) in 1.3% and Amin et al, (2) 2.2%. The higher positivity can be explained by more frequent use of hair dyes in our study sample and the frequent use of henna based decorative skin paintings on hands.…”