The prevalence of latex allergy in the general population is low; however, the risk of developing latex allergy is higher in persons with increased latex exposure, such as health care workers or persons who work in the rubber industry. Children with spina bifida and others who undergo multiple ...
How is a latex allergy diagnosed? Your healthcare provider will ask about other health conditions you have. He or she will ask about your signs and symptoms, and blood may be taken for tests. You may also need skin tests. Ask your healthcare provider for more information about the tests ...
What you need to know about latex allergy. Offers information relating to latex allergy, looking at its prevalence among nurses and other health care workers. Possible factors impacting of allergic reactions to latex; Information on latex proteins; How latex allergy is diagnosed... S Burt - 《Nu...
Latex allergy is one of the major health concerns and allergic reactions to latex may be serious and fatal.In this study, we sought to determine the frequency of latex hypersensitivity in a group of allergic Egyptian infants and children and its relation to the history provided by the patients...
If you are diagnosed with a latex allergy, you will likely be asked by your medical provider or allergist to carry an epinephrine auto-injector, such as an EpiPen, if you have a history of severeallergic reactionsto latex. Immunotherapy or allergy shots may be recommended to help reduce the...
There are numerous products available for latex allergy sufferers to use. Some of these include nitrile and neoprene (synthetic latex) gloves as well as plasticized polyvinylchloride, PVC gloves. Because you have been diagnosed with this allergy, it is important that you inform your dentist as we...
Luckily, Ortega isn't allergic to latex. In fact, condoms make her sex allergy go away, which was one of the first clues in diagnosing her problem. She hasseminal plasma hypersensitivityand the adverse symptoms are not from the sperm itself, but the proteins in the semen that carries it....
Latex allergy was diagnosed on the basis of immunoglobulin E results and/or ... G Draisci,BA Zanfini,E Nucera,... - 《Anesthesiology》 被引量: 66发表: 2011年 A CASE OF THE LATEX-INDUCED ANAPHYLAXIS BY CONTACT WITH BARIUM ENEMA CATHETER The subject was a 34-year-old female with asthma...
The other workers, who have continued working in the same laboratories using vinyl gloves, now display less severe symptoms but require regular anti-allergy treatment. 展开 DOI: 10.1093/occmed/44.3.161 被引量: 29 年份: 1994 收藏 引用 批量引用 报错 分享 ...
Latex allergies were diagnosed more frequently in the 1980s and 1990s when latexglovesand products were used to protect against viruses. Today it’s less likely for products to contain latex, according to the AAFA. Symptoms of a latex allergy ...