Occupational and non-occupational allergic contact dermatitis and quality of life: a prospective study

Occupational and non-occupational allergic contact dermatitis and quality of life: a prospective study*

Attempted to evaluate and compare the impact on quality of life of occupational and non-occupational ACD and to identify the most frequently involved allergens. A quality of life questionnaire was applied. We noted moderate impact on the quality of life of both groups, without a statistical difference. Our study corroborates previous general data on the prevalence of nickel sulphate and paraphe...

Evaluation of occupational allergic contact dermatitis and its related factors in Iran

Background: Occupational contact dermatitis, especially in hand, is one of the most common occupational disorders. The present study aimed at evaluating patients with occupational allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) caused by common allergens based on occupation type and disease history.   Methods: This cross-sectional study aimed at evaluating the data of the patients with probable diagn...

Occupational allergic contact dermatitis to olanzapine.

Occupational allergic contact dermatitis caused by thebaine and oripavine.

A 35-year-old male was referred because of eczema on the arms and lips that occurred episodically. He worked in a drug-manufacturing plant, and noticed that the episodes of eczema coincided with the production cycles of thebaine (CAS no. 115-37-7) and oripavine (CAS no. 467-04-9), but not with the production cycles of morphine (CAS no. 57-27-2) and noscapine (CAS no. 128-62-1). The eczema start...

Occupational allergic contact dermatitis from monoethanolamine in a metal worker.

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