CLINICAL CASE A 65-year-old man had been treated with eye-drops containing NSAIDs (Ketorolac). He developed conjunctival injection, edematous swelling of the eyelids and periorbital dermatitis due to a contact allergy. Allergy to NSAIDs is uncommon. DISCUSSION This is an unusual case because topical application of ketorolac is safe in the vast majority of ophthalmologic patients. However adve...

Vol. 26 No. 3, 2014 413 Received March 13, 2013, Revised March 27, 2013, Accepted for publication June 17, 2013 Corresponding author: Seong-Jin Kim, Department of Dermatology, Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Medical School, 42 Jebong-ro, Dong-gu, Gwangju 501-757, Korea. Tel: 82-62-220-6683, Fax: 82-62-222-4058, E-mail: seongkim @jnu.ac.kr This is an Open Access...

BACKGROUND Allergic diseases including asthma, allergic rhinitis (AR) and eczema are common chronic diseases in children. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of asthma, AR and eczema in Sari, Iran. METHODS This study was carried out on all elementary schools selected as a cluster from February 2010 to July 2010 in Sari, North of Iran. A questionnaire was provided accordi...

The prevalence of allergic diseases has increased tremendously over the last decades. Clinically they comprise a spectrum of many different conditions caused by specific immunological hypersensitivity in response to a mostly apathogenic substance. Environmental factors such as lack of immune-stimulating contacts (infection, vaccination) and exposure to allergy-enhancing anthropogenic pollutants...

SUMMARY Asthma, allergic rhinitis (AR) and atopic dermatitis also called eczema are allergic co-morbidites which are likely to depend on pleiotropic genetic effects as well as on specific genetic factors. After a previous genome-wide linkage screen conducted for asthma and AR in a sample of 295 French EGEA families ascertained through asthmatic subjects, the aim here was to search for genetic f...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the outcome of unclassified eczema (UE). Eczema refers to a set of highly heterogeneous clinical conditions including contact dermatitis (CD) and several types of endogenous eczema. In clinics, however, the eczema of a large proportion of patients does not fit any known patterns and has been diagnosed as unclassified eczema. The prognosis of UE is largely unknown. DES...

BACKGROUND There is conflicting evidence that traffic-related air pollution is a risk factor for allergic conditions. Few studies have investigated this in adults. In adults, a high proportion of asthma, rhinitis and eczema is triggered by non-allergic factors. We investigated traffic as a risk factor for allergic versus non-allergic asthma and rhinitis, and eczema, in adults. A questionnaire f...

BACKGROUND Exclusive breastfeeding for at least 4 months is recommended by many governments and allergy organizations to prevent allergic disease. OBJECTIVES To investigate whether exclusive breastfeeding protects against childhood eczema. METHODS Study subjects comprised 51,119 randomly selected 8- to 12-year-old schoolchildren in 21 countries. Information on eczema and breastfeeding was g...

ost primary care physicians see a large number of patients each year ith eczematous skin diseases. Although many of these patients have topic eczema, another extremely common cause of eczema is contact llergy. This subgroup of eczema patients is notably resistant to treatment nless the causative allergens can be identified and eliminated. It is stimated that allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) to...

BACKGROUND The pattern of contact sensitisation should be monitored in order to detect the changing trend of sensitising allergens. We aim to evaluate contact sensitisation in adults suspected to have allergic contact dermatitis. METHODS This is a five-year retrospective review on contact sensitisation in adults patch-tested with the European Standard and extended series between 2011 and 2015...