2002
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2002.01308.x
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Type I allergy to natural rubber latex and type IV allergy to rubber chemicals in health care workers with glove‐related skin symptoms

Abstract: Our results show a high prevalence of rubber glove-induced dermatoses among the employees in one Italian hospital. The majority of skin complaints of latex gloves are related to skin irritation rather than to allergy. The immediate allergy to latex and the delayed allergy to rubber chemicals suggest that all the health care workers with glove-related dermatitis should undergo both skin prick test and glove use test to detect type I hypersensitivity to latex, and patch test to detect type IV hypersensitivity to… Show more

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“…In most of these researches, after questionnaires evaluation, the suspected latex-related or sensitization cases were referred to laboratorial tests, for diagnostic confirmation purposes. The results depicted a 0.5% to 24% variable LS prevalence 16,20 . Among the anesthesiologists, the LS prevalence ranged from 12.5% to 15.8%, out of which 10.1% were asymptomatic and 24% presented contact or irritating dermatitis to latex products 2, 15 .…”
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confidence: 91%
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“…In most of these researches, after questionnaires evaluation, the suspected latex-related or sensitization cases were referred to laboratorial tests, for diagnostic confirmation purposes. The results depicted a 0.5% to 24% variable LS prevalence 16,20 . Among the anesthesiologists, the LS prevalence ranged from 12.5% to 15.8%, out of which 10.1% were asymptomatic and 24% presented contact or irritating dermatitis to latex products 2, 15 .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 91%
“…Os principais fatores de risco para o desenvolvimento das RL são a atopia 4,7,9 , a alergia a determinados alimentos 6,10,11 e a história de múltiplas exposições aos DL 2,5, [12][13][14] . Exposições múltiplas aos DL são comumente encontradas em trabalhadores que as utilizam no exercício da profissão (cabeleireiras, profissionais da indústria de alimentos) ou que manipulam o látex e seus derivados 2 ; crianças com malformação do tubo neural, em especial meningomielocele 5,13,14 ; pacientes submetidos a múltiplas intervenções cirúrgicas, com sondagens vesicais de repetição 2 e profissionais ou funcionários da área da saúde 12,[15][16][17][18] . Muitos produtos hospitalares e alguns especificamente utilizados durante anestesia e cirurgia são derivados do látex e, com isso, aumentam as possibilidades de sensibilização ao látex entre os profissionais da área da saúde 12 .…”
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