Allergy to turpentine: Examination of systemic trigger action

Klaschka, F

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0536.1975.tb05451.x

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“…In Europe, turpentine was a frequent cause of occupational allergic contact dermatitis until the mid-70s in painters, mechanics, shoe repairers and home decorators (2,5,9,14). During the subsequent decades, however, allergy to turpentine became rather rare, mainly due to increasing use of oils containing only small amounts of k-3-carene.…”

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Increase in sensitization to oil of turpentine: recent data from a Multicenter Study on 45,005 patients from the German‐Austrian Information Network of Departments of Dermatology (IVDK)

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Contact allergy to oil of turpentine was reported to have become rare. However, the evaluation of standardized data of 45,005 patients tested 1992-1997 in 30 Dermatological Centers associated with the German-Austrian Information Network of Departments of Dermatology (IVDK) showed an increase in positive patch test reactions to turpentine from 0.5% during the years 1992-1995, up to 1.7% in 1996 and 3.1% in 1997. In particular, 17,347 patients tested in 1996-1997 were evaluated in detail by comparing 431 individuals with positive patch test reactions with the rest of the group found negative to turpentine. Using the so-called MOAHLFA index, the following characteristics were shown. Turpentine allergy (a) was found to be significantly less frequent in men and in patients with occupational dermatitis, (b) showed no difference in its association with atopic dermatitis, (c) patients with turpentine allergy had significantly less symptoms of the hands, more symptoms of the legs or in the face and (d) were significantly more often aged over 60 years. Also, patients sensitized to turpentine had increased rates of additional sensitizations. The definite reason for the increase in turpentine sensitization in the population tested here is not clear. Therefore, a detailed exposure analysis is necessary; the new increase in turpentine allergies may be due to popular topical remedies or household chemicals.

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Increase in sensitization to oil of turpentine: recent data from a Multicenter Study on 45,005 patients from the German‐Austrian Information Network of Departments of Dermatology (IVDK)

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“…These eczematous reactions could be explained by his repeated contact with products containing the main sensitizing agents of turpentine, such as peppermint oil. The unexplained generalized eczematous reactions could also have been due to intake of compounds containing the allergens (Klaschka 1975), as the patient had habitually sucked candies with a peppermint oil base.…”

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Turpentine‐induced hypersensitivity to peppermint oil

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After a dental operation a former laboratory technician was referred to our clinic because of swelling of his tongue, lips, and gingival mucosa. Patch testing with the ICDRG standard test battery gave positive reactions to colophony, balsam of Peru, and turpentine peroxides. Further patch testing revealed hypersensitivity to peppermint oil (an ingredient of several dental preparations) due to the sensitizing properties of three ingredients: alpha-pinene, limonene, and phellandrene. These compounds also occur in turpentine oil, a substance used in the patient's laboratory.

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Allergy to turpentine: Examination of systemic trigger action

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Increase in sensitization to oil of turpentine: recent data from a Multicenter Study on 45,005 patients from the German‐Austrian Information Network of Departments of Dermatology (IVDK)

Increase in sensitization to oil of turpentine: recent data from a Multicenter Study on 45,005 patients from the German‐Austrian Information Network of Departments of Dermatology (IVDK)

Turpentine‐induced hypersensitivity to peppermint oil

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