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Atopic background in patients with occupational hand eczema
Author(s) -
Rystedt Ingela
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
contact dermatitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1600-0536
pISSN - 0105-1873
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1985.tb01130.x
Subject(s) - atopy , medicine , atopic dermatitis , hand eczema , dermatology , asthma , allergy , patch test , contact dermatitis , immunology
Of 368 patients with hand eczema examined during the years 1978–79, at a Department of Occupational Dermatology, 39% had a history of atopic disease (dermatitis, asthma, or rhinitis). 28% of the patients had or had had atopic dermatitis. The % of atopics in the patient material was highest in the age range 20–24 years, in which 57% of the patients had a history of atopic dermatitis, compared with only 11% in the age range above 35 years. Of all patients with a history of atopy, 22% had developed allergic contact dermatitis, while the corresponding figure for non‐atopics was 45% (p < =0.001). Positive patch test reactions occurred in a significantly smaller number of individuals with past or present atopic disease than in non‐atopics. Atopics had not changed jobs because of hand eczema to a greater extent, but had healed to a lesser extent after change of occupation than non‐atopics (p < 0.01).