Lycopodium spores used in condom manufacture: Associated health hazards

Autor:	Michael J. Balick, Joseph M. Beitel
Rok vydání:	1989
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Condom Manufacture Tuberculosis business.industry Transmission (medicine) Neoplastic disease Plant Science Horticulture Surgical Gloves medicine.disease Dermatology Spore Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) medicine Syphilis business
Zdroj:	Economic Botany. 43:373-377
ISSN:	1874-9364 0013-0001
Popis:	The recommendation that condoms be used to limit the transmission of AIDS has resulted in their increased utilization. One major brand of non-lubricated condoms was demonstrated to be coated withLycopodium clavatum spores, a product of known hazardous nature. Used previously in the manufacture of diverse products including hair powder, suppositories, and surgical gloves, these spores have caused allergic reactions ranging from hay-fever to more serious giant cell granulomas. This foreign-body response can simulate neoplastic disease, tuberculosis, or syphilis. Physicians should take note of the possibility that granulomatous masses on areas of the body that come in contact with condoms could be traced to these spores. These granulomas are non-lethal, do not lead to cancer, and are easily remedied; this is a relatively minor health problem compared to AIDS, a lethal, sexually acquired disease that might be contracted through sexual activity unprotected by condoms.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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