Skin disorders comprise more than 35% of all occupationally related diseases. 90-95% of work-related dermatoses are contact dermatitis. Effects of occupational dermatitis in the lives of workers are substantial. To plan any preventive program we need basic statistics of the problem, that we had no reliable one which includes a lot of industries in Iran. Therefore we decided to determine occupat...

Various adverse cutaneous reactions may occur as a result of exposure to wood dust or solid woods. These include allergic contact dermatitis, irritant contact dermatitis and, more rarely, contact urticaria, photoallergic and phototoxic reactions. Also cases of erythema multiforme-like reactions have been reported. Contact dermatitis, both allergic and irritant, is most frequently provoked by ex...

Correspondence to: Dr J S C English, Consultant Dermatologist, Queen’s Medical Centre, University Hospital, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK; john.english@ mail.qmcuh-tr.trent.nhs.uk _________________________ C ontact dermatitis is an eczematous eruption caused by external agents, which can be broadly divided into irritant substances that have a direct toxic effect on the skin (irritant contact dermatiti...

Atopic dermatitis is the most common chronic inflammatory disease among children in industrialised countries. Many factors influence this disease in a negative way and contact allergy is one such factor. The aim of the study was to examine the frequency of contact allergy among children with the diagnosis atopic dermatitis. Contact allergy was found in 22/82 children (26.8%), the most common fr...

BACKGROUND Protein contact dermatitis has frequently been reported in case studies (usually in cases involving contact with seafood products), but there are very few descriptive series. The objectives of this present study were firstly to determine the incidence of protein contact dermatitis among fishermen in France and compare it with data from onshore work involving seafood exposure. Second,...

Because of the widespread use of botanicals, it has become crucial for health professionals to improve their knowledge about safety problems. Several herbal medicines contain chemicals with allergenic properties responsible for contact dermatitis. Among these, one is Rosmarinus officinalis L. (rosemary), a plant used since ancient times in folk medicine; at the present time it is used worldwide...

OBJECTIVE After observing 2 cases of acute telogen effluvium induced by allergic contact dermatitis to hair dyes, we decided to evaluate the effects of acute contact dermatitis of the scalp on the hair cycle. DESIGN Single-center, 6-month study of consecutive patients affected by acute scalp dermatitis. SETTING Department of Dermatology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. PATIENTS Dia...

S. Lembo 1 , L. Panariello 1 , C. Lembo 1 F. Ayala 1 1 Department of Dermatology, "Federico II" University of Naples, via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Nap Correspondence to Serena Lembo Department of Dermatology "Federico II" University of Naples via Pansini 5 80131 Naples Italy Tel: 0039 3392197801 Fax: 0039 0817462442 e-mail: [email protected] Copyright © Blackwell Munksgaard 2008

Corresponding author Antonella Tammaro Dermatology Unit, NESMOS Department, S. Andrea Hospital, University of Rome “Sapienza” Via di Grottarossa, 1035 00189 Rome (RM), Italy Phone: +39 06 3377 5907 Fax: +39 06 3377 5378 E-mail: [email protected]