Woods

Levy, Yonah

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-40221-5_73-2

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“…Dust of tropical woods may irritate the skin, eyes, and airways 2 . In addition, numerous wood species may cause skin or airway sensitization, 3 mostly in carpenters or wood industry workers. Occupational ACD, 4,5 rhinitis, 4 and asthma 2 caused by moabi have been previously reported, but all published cases date from decades ago.…”

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“…Woods causing ACD, often do so with an airborne pattern because of the presence of fine wood dust aerosols generated by various working processes 3 . Although respiratory symptoms have often been reported in published cases of occupational ACD to wood dust, 9 concurrent diagnoses of occupational rhinitis or asthma have rarely been documented.…”

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Occupational allergic contact dermatitis, rhinoconjunctivitis, and asthma caused by moabi wood dust

Ronsmans,

Vanden Berghe,

Keirsbilck

et al. 2024

Contact Dermatitis

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workers with occupational exposure to materials and substances that contain colophonium, sensitization to colophonium from resin cream use in private life may affect their ability to continue in their work.We found that even in the highly selected patient material of our clinic that consists of patients with suspected occupational contact dermatitis, as many as 38% of patients with colophonium contact allergy had a history of resin cream use, and in 23%, the resin cream was considered the probable source of sensitization. We conclude that usage of over-the-counter resin creams is a relevant source of colophonium sensitization.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%