Hand dermatitis and allergic patch test reactions caused by nickel in electroplaters
| Autor: | Lasse Kanerva, Tuula Estlander, Mirja Kiilunen, Riitta Jolanki, Antero Aitio |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Male Nickel allergy Allergy medicine.medical_specialty Hand Dermatoses Dermatology Atopy Nickel Prevalence otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Humans Immunology and Allergy Allergic contact dermatitis Finland business.industry Patch test Atopic dermatitis Patch Tests medicine.disease Surgery Dermatitis Occupational Hand eczema Dermatitis Allergic Contact Irritants Female Gloves Protective business Contact dermatitis |
| Zdroj: | Contact Dermatitis. 36:137-140 |
| ISSN: | 0105-1873 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1997.tb00395.x |
| Popis: | A worksite survey was conducted in all 38 Finnish electroplating plants. All workers (n = 163) who worked with nickel plating (bath workers, hangers and solution makers) were interviewed with a questionnaire about symptoms of nickel dermatitis, hand dermatitis, and about protective measures, atopy, etc. Patch testing with nickel sulfate was done with the TRUE TestTM method. All the workers, 94 men and 69 women, answered the questionnaire. The mean age of women was 41.1 years, and of men 43.1 years, respectively. Men had longer occupational exposure to nickel (14 years) than women (10 years). Most workers used protective gloves. 35% of women and 30% of men reported present or past hand dermatosis. 19% reported a history of atopic dermatitis. 15% of women (n = 8) and 4% (n = 2) of men had an allergic patch test reaction to nickel sulfate. 70% of those with an allergic patch test reaction to nickel reported past or present hand eczema. The prevalence of nickel allergy among the electroplaters was similar to that of patients in patch test clinics in Finland. An allergic patch test reaction to nickel sulfate does not necessarily oblige an electroplater to change jobs. |
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