Open AccessSevere asthma and ARDS triggered by acute short‐term exposure to commonly used cleaning detergents
Author(s) -
Mapp C.E.,
Pozzato V.,
Pavoni V,
Gritti G
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
european respiratory journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.021
H-Index - 241
eISSN - 1399-3003
pISSN - 0903-1936
DOI - 10.1034/j.1399-3003.2000.016003570.x
Subject(s) - ards , asthma , medicine , respiratory distress , acute respiratory distress , intensive care medicine , asthma attack , airway , airway hyperresponsiveness , respiratory system , lung , immunology , anesthesia
This report presents a case of severe asthmatic attack and adult respiratory distress syndrome, which occurred in an asthmatic subject following acute short‐term exposure to commonly used cleaning detergents. Premorbid lung conditions, i.e. asthma and airway hyperresponsiveness, might have been risk factors for illness severity but not for persistent complaints. This case report indicates that nonindustrial exposures due to household product misuse, especially to mixing cleaning agents, may cause adult respiratory distress syndrome and not only irritant‐induced asthma.