Dermatologists use the terms “eczema” and “dermatitis” interchangeably to describe a varied pattern of inflammation which, when acute, is characterised by erythema and vesiculation, and, when chronic, by dryness, lichenification, and fissuring (fig 1). Contact dermatitis is the consequence of a pathological response to one or more external agents that may act either as irritants, where allergic...

BACKGROUND Immune specific genes as well as genes regulating the formation of skin barrier are major determinants for eczema manifestation. There is a debate as to whether allergic sensitization and filaggrin gene (FLG) variants lead to eczema or FLG variants and eczema increase the risk of allergic sensitization. To investigate the time-order between eczema and allergic sensitization with resp...

background: asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema as a common disorder in childhood, has many epidemiologic variations in different geographic areas. this study aimed at determining the prevalence of pediatric allergic disease in rural area of babol. methods: this analytical-cross sectional study was performed in 2012 by random sampling on 2 groups of children the first group aged 6-7 years (n=1...

allergic diseases are frequent in children and their prevalence and severity differ in the different regions of the world. the association between pet ownership in childhood and subsequent asthma and sensitization is very controversial. in our survey conducted with standardized method (international study of asthma and allergies in childhood), 3200 children 6-7 years old were questioned regardi...

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 diagnosis of ...

BACKGROUND Allergic diseases co-occur in many patients. There is no published population-based epidemiologic study about allergic diseases in Turkey. OBJECTIVE The aim of this population-based study was to investigate the prevalence of allergic eczema, allergic rhinitis, and asthma and their co-occurence in Manisa. METHODS The sample size was calculated using an estimated prevalence of ever...

Allergic contact dermatitis to cement is a delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction in which cytokines interferon-gamma (IEN-y) and vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) may be involved in persisting erythema and oedema. VEGF and IFN-gamma levels in serum and skin lesions were measured in 32 Egyptian building workers with chronic allergic contact dermatitis due to occupational exposure to ceme...

Contact dermatitis of hands is frequent among bakers and, as in other subjects doing ‘wet work’ and/or exposed to powders, is classically irritant in origin (1). This often results in allergic causes being overlooked and, consequently, not investigated adequately, despite the multiple potential allergens in the workplace. We present a case of occupational hand eczema caused by a well-known and ...

A 28-year-old woman with a history of atopic dermatitis presented with a 1-year history of hand eczema involving the second to fourth fingers on both hands (Fig. 1). For the last couple of years she had been working at a pharmaceutical production facility, operating a machine used for automatic labelling of insulin pens. Work routines included manual contact with the adhesive side of the labels...