ISSN:
1365-4632
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Background When a patient is identified by patch testing as being sensitive to a specific contact allergen, he or she is generally advised to read the product labels and avoid products that contain the specific allergen. Patients are often confronted with difficult chemical names, synonyms, and cross-reactants for individual allergens. At the same time, dermatologists may spend a considerable amount of time trying to educate their patients about the avoidance of these allergens and explaining which products may contain them.Methods We applied a new educational approach to inform patients about products that are free of their allergens.Results We present a patient with multiple contact allergens in whom the Contact Allergen Replacement Database was used to educate about specific allergens. This approach has proved to be an invaluable tool for both physicians and their patients in contact allergy counseling.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.01843.x
