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Type I hypersensitivity to Parthenium hysterophorus in patients with parthenium dermatitis.
BACKGROUND Parthenium dermatitis is a major problem in urban and rural India. Patients with severe allergic rhinitis due to exposure to pollens of parthenium are reported to have parthenium specific IgE and IgG antibodies. Parthenium induces contact dermatitis by Type IV hypersensitivity and allergic rhinitis by Type-I hypersensitivity. AIMS The study was undertaken to detect Type-I and Type-...
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Parthenium dermatitis is an immuno-inflammatory disease caused by Parthenium hysterophorus and is the commonest cause of plant dermatitis in India. It is caused by airborne dry and friable plant particles including trichomes, and the most important allergens responsible for allergic contact dermatitis are sesquiterpene lactones. The combined type IV and type I hypersensitivity to parthenium has...
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BACKGROUND Parthenium dermatitis is a serious problem in India. Corticosteroids are the mainstay of treatment but the prolonged use of corticosteroids can cause serious side effects. Azathioprine used in daily doses has been shown to be effective. AIM We have evaluated the effectiveness of azathioprine weekly pulse doses for the treatment of parthenium dermatitis. METHODS Twelve patients, t...
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A 28‐year‐old unmarried woman presented with a 10‐year history of itchy papules and nodules over her extremities and nape of neck. Initially, there were summer exacerbations but then disease became persistent for the last 3 years. She also gave history of episodic, redness of eyes, eyelid pruritus and swelling along with mild facial edema. There was no personal or family history of atopy. Cutan...
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BACKGROUND Parthenium dermatitis is the most common type of airborne contact dermatitis in India. It is a chronic disease of a remitting and relapsing course with significant morbidity and distress, but there is no scoring system to assess its severity. AIM To design a scoring system for the assessment of clinical severity of disease in Parthenium dermatitis and to use this scoring system in ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Dermatology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0019-5154
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.45442