Occupational asthma from sensitisation to 4,4-methylene-bismorpholine in clean metalworking fluid

Occupational asthma from sensitisation to 4,4-methylene-bismorpholine in clean metalworking fluid.

European Respiratory Society guidelines on the management of work-related asthma recommend that occupational asthma with an allergic mechanism should be diagnosed by both identifying the workplace as the cause, and confirming sensitisation to the asthmagen by specific inhalational challenge (SIC), in the absence of any available specific IgE tests [1, 2]. Used (contaminated) metalworking fluid ...

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to metalworking fluid exposures.

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Metalworking fluid hand dermatitis.

In a household appliance plant, several rinse-free lubricating fluids have been used instead of neat mineral oils since 1994: mixtures of isoparaffinic hydrocarbons with 9 to 14 carbons per molecule. As such they denature keratin, irritate and defat the skin, and remove water from it. Work gloves have been worn over plastic gloves and separate, reusable, cotton inner gloves have been added to a...

Rhinoconjunctivitis-asthma due to sensitisation to gladiolus.

Allergic contact dermatitis from sodium pyrithione in metalworking fluid.

Case Report A 31-year-old man, with a history of occupational hand dermatitis due to metalworking fluid 1 year ago, was referred because his hand dermatitis had relapsed for 2 months. He presented with itchy nummular dermatitis of the dorsum of his fingers, spreading to his neck and face, with work-related chronology. Patch testing was performed with the revised international standard series (1...