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What is a latex allergy?
The immediately type allergy (or type I allergy) on nature latex represents a problem health which is considerable, increasing but often replaced area in this as also into many others industrial countries in Germany. Latex (nature caoutchouc) is won out of the latex of the paracaotchouc mainly in Southeast Asia and serves the production of protective gloves, medical devices (e.g. syringes, infusion containers) and all sorts of things of the minimum need (e.g. elastics).
The sensitization on latex is carried out delays of the production on certain proteins, most contained in it. The allergy triggering particles particularly lightly and in a great number are released by powdered latex gloves: the powder loaded with the allergens spreads in the space air and leads to sensitizations of the respiratory systems when breathing in. At renewed contact with the allergen it then comes these of a light pruritus exanthemas about allergic inflammatory changes at the mucosas of the upper and lower respiratory systems, and about flowing common cold and asthma up to the life-threatening anaphylactic shock suffice to the typical allergy symptoms. However, it was reported also about the triggering of asthma attacks which were triggered merely by skin contact and without inhalative photo of the allergens!
Latex gloves are almost only worked with primarily in the medical area nowadays. Medical use of rubber gloves increasing strongly in the eighties presumably contributed the production process to the protection against a HIV infection besides changes in of rubber articles whole essential to the rapid increase of latex allergy-cases. Undoubtedly medical operations like operations, dentist medical treatments and gynecological examinations represent the greatest danger since are a huge number of products containing latex in the OP area in use. In case of this the latex allergen then reaches the organism of the patient in larger quantities without a protective skin layer by direct contact with blood and mucosas and can lead to heavy allergic reactions up to the anaphylactic shock. Therefore protocols were developed in the USA as well as with us, around a latex exposure and from which threatening serious complications prevent operating rooms consistently for patients concerned by strict facilities latex vacant.
High risk groups for a latex allergy with an increased latex exposure or tense susceptibility to allergies are:
- In the medical area of employees like physicians, nursing professions, dentists and the respective auxiliary staff; the portion of latex people suffering from an allergy is between 5 and 17% here.
- Patients with spina bifida or genitourinary anomalies as well as at all patients after frequent operations. The allergy rate is to more than 70% here.
- Female workers in the rubber processing industry in the cleaning trade and hairdresses.
- Altogether, atopic (people with a pre-existing inclination towards allergies) show one clearly about rate of latex allergies meaning much to the population average (approx. 1%).
Deposits of latex in the weekday
There are many sources of danger for latex people suffering from an allergy in the weekday. Approx. 40.00 of our utensils contain latex in any shape. Among other things are part of it:
- Household gloves
- Condoms, elastic bandages, plaster
- Rubber ring, rubber maneuver, rubber shoe, rubber animal, eraser
- Stamp adhesive, various skilled crafts adhesives
- Bathmats, bathing caps, bathing sandals, diving clothes, swimming spectacles, rubber sheets
- Carpet backs, doing gymnastics mats, mats in the car
- Bicycle and car tire
- Medical examination glove, certificial respiration masks, syringes, catheters
- Squashballs, balloon
- Chewing gum
Cross-hypersensitivities aren't rare and judge outweighing himself (sub) tropical fetuses like bananas and avocado as "latex fruit syndrome" but also against other vegetable proteins like different ficustypes, gutta-percha, ficus benjamini and others
Which symptoms are there?
- Pruritus and wheal formation of the skin at the immediate contact points with the allergen
- Nettle rash at the whole body (Urtikaria)
- Sneezing attacks with a strong watery secretion and blocked and regular nose by swelling up the mucosas
- Conjunctivitis (conjunctivitis) itching, eyes which are reddened and watering and photosensitivity increased
- Pruritus of the mucosas with scrapers and tumescence in the area of the pharynx (pharyngitis) and the larynx (laryngitis)
- Asthma attacks (attack like, heavy dyspnea with narrowing of the respiratory systems)
- gastrointestinal (stomach intestine-) troubles, e.g. intense allergic diarrheas
- cardiac (heart-) symptoms, e.g. cardiac dysrhythmias
- strong tiredness, distinctive physical weakness partly more days long
Diagnosis position
- With the symptoms which the patient describes (anamnesis), i.e. primarily where and when the troubles appear.
- Antibody detection from a blood test e.g. races test
- Skin tests: Prick test -- and you should use only in otherwise unclear cases under corresponding emergency measures and of an experienced allergist however straight at latex allergy not without risk (occasionally anaphylactic reactions).
These informations may be considered a substitute for a piece of medical advice in no case. The content of health-illness.com doesn't can and may be put into any case to make diagnoses or carry out self medical treatment independently.
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