Occupational allergy

Walusiak, J. et al., Respiratory allergy in apprentice bakers do occupational allergies follow the allergic march , Allergy, 59, 442, 2004. 

Venables KM, Dally MB, Nunn AF, et al Smoking and occupational allergy in workers in a platinum refinery. Br MedJ 299 939-942, 1989... 

The dust from mollusk shells can also provoke occupational allergies. Inhalation of mollusk shell dust in a nacre button factory was associated with h)q)ersensitivity pneumonitis (Orriols et ah, 1990, 1997). A similar case was identified in Korea (Kim et ah, 1982). Several Japanese investigators have described occupational asthma occurring among workers who culture oysters (Nakashima, 1969 Wada et ah, 1967). Exposure to dust from mofher-of-pearl in a souvenir maker (Tas, 1972) and fo cuttlefish bones in a jewelry polisher (Beltrami et ah, 1989) was linked to occupational asthma. 

Fagerberg. Occupational allergy in nurses to a bulk laxative. Allergy 1979 34(1) 51-55. 

Pearson, R. S. (1966). Potato sensitivity, and occupational allergy in housewives. Acta Allergol, 21, 507-514. 

Allergies are a result of dysfunction of the immune system. The immune system, which is designed to inactivate and eliminate foreign bodies, reacts abnormally in some individuals when challenged with specific substances. The most frequently encountered occupational allergies are asthma and contact dermatitis. 

Lopata, A.L., Fenemore, B., Jeebhay, M.F., Gade, G., Potter, P.C. 2005. Occupational allergy in laboratory workers caused by the African migratory grasshopper Locusta migratoria. Allergy 60(2) 200-205. 

Kiec-Swierczynska M, Krecisz B, Krysiak B, Kuchowicz E, Rydzynski K. Occupational allergy to aldehydes in health care workers. Qinical observations. Experiments. Int J Occup Med Environ Health 1998 ll(4) 349-58. 

Stejskal VD, Forsbeck M, OUn R. Side-chain-specific lymphocyte responses in workers with occupational allergy induced by penicillms. Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 1987 82(3-4) 461. ... 

Couturier P, Bousquet J. Occupational allergy secondary to inhalation of garlic dust. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1982 70 145. 

Atopy, defined either by a positive skin prick test or presence of IgE antibodies in serum to common environmental allergens, may be used as a criterion for increased risk of development of occupational allergy. Exclusion of workers with a positive skin prick test can, however, mean denying employment to approximately one third of job applicants, only a proportion of whom would develop occupational asthma [17]. More stringent criteria for IgE sensitisation... 

Zetterstrom O, Osterman K, Machado L Another smoking hazard Raised serum IgE concentration and increased risk of occupational allergy. BMJ 1981 283 1215-1217. (Ill)... 

Risks of occupational allergy should be monitored and epidemiological information collected by a globally agreed questionnaire. 

Allergy to natural rubber latex, first reported in 1989 in the United States, is a common cause of occupational allergy for health care workers. Natural rubber is a processed plant product from the commercial rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis. Latex allergens are proteins found in both raw latex and the extracts used in finished rubber products. Latex gloves are the largest single source of exposure to the protein allergens. ... 

VENABLES, K.M., DALLY, M.B., NUNN, A.J., STEVENS, J.F., STEPHENS, R FARRER, N HUNTER, J.V., STEWART, M HUGHES, E.G. NEWMAN TAYLOR, A.J. (1989a) Smoking and occupational allergy in workers in a platinum refinery. British Medical Journal, 299, 939-942. 

Since non-immune mechanisms may play a role in occupational allergy to certain chemicals, some of the animal models also rely on pulmonary symptoms as a measure of reactivity to the chemical. Symptoms may be elicited from these animals by exposure to atmospheres of free chemical or chemical-carrier conjugate. In certain cases, pulmonary sensitivity could only be demonstrated by exposure to chemical-carrier conjugates and not to the chemical alone (Sarlo and Karol, 1994). 

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