The sick building syndrome as a part of the autoimmune (auto-inflammatory) syndrome induced by adjuvants
| Autor: | Eitan Israeli, Asher Pardo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Sick Building Syndrome business.industry Gulf War syndrome medicine.disease Dermatology Rheumatology Autoimmune Diseases Sick building syndrome Adjuvants Immunologic Internal medicine Fibromyalgia Immunology Prevalence medicine Chronic fatigue syndrome Humans business Autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants Multiple chemical sensitivity Irritable bowel syndrome |
| Zdroj: | Modern Rheumatology. 21:235-239 |
| ISSN: | 1439-7609 1439-7595 |
| Popis: | Sick building syndrome (SBS) is a term coined for a set of clinically recognizable symptoms and ailments without a clear cause reported by occupants of a building. In the 1990s the term "functional somatic syndromes" was applied to several syndromes, including SBS, multiple chemical sensitivity, repetition stress injury, the side effects of silicone breast implants, the Gulf War syndrome (GWS), chronic fatigue syndrome, the irritable bowel syndrome, and fibromyalgia. Recently, Shoenfeld and Agmon-Levin suggested that four conditions--siliconosis, macrophagic myofascitis, the GWS, and post-vaccination phenomena--which share clinical and pathogenic resemblances, may be included under a common syndrome entitled the "autoimmune (auto-inflammatory) syndrome induced by adjuvants". Comparison of the clinical manifestations, symptoms, and signs of the four conditions described by Shoenfeld and Agmon-Levin with those described for SBS shows that nine out of ten main symptoms are present in all 5 conditions. Shoenfeld and Agmon-Levin further propose several major and minor criteria, which, although requiring further validation, may aid in the diagnosis of this newly defined syndrome. We propose here that SBS may also be included as a part of "Shoenfeld's syndrome". |
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