Contact allergy to topical corticosteroids and sunscreens

Contact allergy to topical corticosteroids and sunscreens.

Topical corticosteroids and sunscreens are extensively used formulations, both as over-the-counter products and as prescription medicines. Topical corticosteroids are increasingly being recognized as causes of allergic contact dermatitis. Because of their anti-inflammatory property, contact allergy to these agents may be difficult to suspect and prove. With corticosteroid allergy, there are spe...

Clinical aspects of contact allergy to corticosteroids.

Because of their anti-inflammatory activity, corticosteroids generally mask the clinical signs of a contact dermatitis to a corticosteroid preparation. The lesions usually present as chronic dermatitis, and the patients mostly report not exacerbations but failures to respond to corticosteroid therapy. Moreover, masking also occurs with patch-test reactions obtained with corticosteroid preparati...

Allergy to topical corticosteroids in inflammatory bowel disease.

Allergic contact dermatitis due to chlorocresol in topical corticosteroids.

services as a foreign medication or for compassionate use. The usual dose is 100mg/day, and adverse effects include yellow discoloration of mucocutaneous zones, lichenoid eruption, aplastic anemia, headache, gastrointestinal symptoms, psychosis, convulsions and worsening of psoriasis. As yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes is very common, patients should be advised of this side eff...

[Allergic contact dermatitis and systemic contact dermatitis in a patient with polysensitization to topical corticosteroids].

Although allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) due to corticosteroids is a well-known and relatively common phenomenon, the systemic administration of corticosteroids only rarely produces skin reactions (systemic contact dermatitis [SCD]). We present the case of a patient with ACD to various corticosteroids, and who subsequently developed SCD to multiple systemic corticosteroids. A 47-year-old man ...