Allergic diseases have increased in many developed countries including Japan. Doctors are also at risk for allergic diseases from exposure to allergens in working conditions and hospital environments. We investigated the factors relating to occupational allergy in doctors. Self-administered questionnaires were mailed to all doctors (n=895) who had previously graduated from School of Medicine, F...

BACKGROUND Acrylates constitute an important cause of occupational contact dermatitis. Isobornyl acrylate sensitization has been reported in only 2 cases. We encountered an industrial process operator with occupational contact dermatitis caused by isobornyl acrylate. OBJECTIVES (i) To investigate whether it is relevant to add isobornyl acrylate to the (meth)acrylate test series. (ii) To repor...

A two years retrospective analysis of patients diagnosed as contact allergic dermatitis with positive patch test attending the Dermatology clinic was performed. Of the 346 patients with a positive patch test, 14% had occupational dermatitis. This condition affected mainly young and inexperienced workers. An inverse relationship was seen between age and prevalence of occupational allergic dermat...

A 50-year-old healthy man was seen at the outpatient clinic after he had suffered two episodes of skin lesions on his left knee, right wrist, and left ring finger (Fig. 1a,b). A few hours after he had finished his work, these lesions appeared as burning, indurated redness, developing into tense blisters within 24 hr. The lesions healed without scar formation within 10 days. An occupational derm...

Conflicts of interest: The authors declare no conflict of interests. skin contact with consumer items, but nickel is also an important cause of occupational allergic contact dermatitis. Accordingly, excessive nickel exposure has been shown in many occupations (1–3). As it is important for clinicians to confirm and quantify occupational nickel exposure, practical and inexpensive tools are needed...

AIMS To examine, from occupational surveillance reporting data, whether scheme reporters considered nickel exposure to play a role in occupational contact dermatitis (OCD) in the UK. METHODS Data on occupational skin disease in the UK are collected by two occupational disease surveillance schemes, EPIDERM and OPRA. Cases of OCD believed to have relevant nickel exposure reported to EPIDERM or ...