In the past 10 years, IgE-mediated allergy to natural rubber latex has become a significant health problem in industrialized countries, especially among health care workers, patients with congenital malformations, and children with a ...
The possibility of the latex allergic patient being sensitive to gutta-percha obturation material is also raised.KennethI.KnowlesandJoséL.IbarrolaandMarvinO.SDOSJournal of EndodonticsKnowles KI, Ibarrola JL, Ludlow MO, Anderson JR, Newcomb BE. Rubber latex allergy and the endodontic patient. J ...
Whereas the chemical additives used in its manufacture are well recognized as a cause of delayed-type hypersensitivity (allergic contact dermatitis), it is only during the past decade that immediate-type allergy to natural rubber latex (NRL) proteins (latex allergy) has emerged as a serious ...
(such as Choice brand condoms tested in this study that are manufactured in China and distributed by the Republic of South Africa to prevent the spread of AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections) pose a significant risk of sensitization with life threatening Type I latex allergy and to ...
Immediate, IgE-mediated allergy to natural rubber latex has recently been found to be responsible for contact and generalized urticaria, protein contact dermatitis, rhinitis, asthma and even fatal anaphylactic reactions. The proteins present in latex from the rubber tree (Hevea brasillensis) can still...
RESULTS: The most common clinical presentation of latex allergy is a nonimmunologic, irritant dermatitis of the hand. Contact dermatitis (type IV delayed hypersensitivity reactions to rubber additives) is the most common immunologic manifestation of latex rubber allergy. Type I allergic responses are ...
Natural Rubber Latex Sensitisation and Allergy in Patients with Spina Bifida, Urogenital Disorders and Oesophageal Atresia Compared with a Normal Paediatric Population: Cremer R, Lorbacher M, Hering F, et al (Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Cologne, Germany) Eur J Pediatr Surg 17:194-198, ...
Fifty-three glove-allergic patients, 35 with immediate allergy to latex (natural rubber) and 18 with previously verified delayed allergy to rubber chemicals, were examined in order to determine the concomitant occurrence of these allergies. Of latex-allergic patients, 5/35 (14%) showed positive pa...
However, products made from Hevea latex are responsible for causing allergies affecting an increasing number of people world-wide. In this paper we test the hypothesis that latex allergy can be circumvented by using rubber of low hypoallergenicity from other species. We also report studies to ...
Natural rubber latex allergy: prevalence and risk factors in patients with spina bifida compared with atopic children and controls Type 1 allergy against natural rubber latex is an increasing problem in health care workers and children with spina bifida or urogenital malformations. The... R Cremer,...