[Occupational allergy due to inhalation of pollen from Euphorbia fulgens Karw (author's transl)].
The increased cultivation and sales of Euphorbia fulgens Karw., originating in Mexico, has in the last few years led to occupational allergy, type I, in three growers manifesting itself as nasal disease, tracheobronchitis or bronchial asthma. Intracutaneous tests with pollen extracts were positive in all cases, even at high dilution. A specific hyposensitisation regimen, conducted over five months, gave highly promising results in one patient who had no symptoms in the following season, despite similar exposure. Such sensitisation by pollens of Euphorbia fulgens Karw. is probably widespread among growers and florists. The allergen is found only in the pollen, not in other parts of the plant. There is no relation to the toxic substances in the milk-sap of this plant family (Euphorbiaceae).
D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000209:etiology; D003888:Desensitization, Immunologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011058:Pollen; D006255:Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014136:Tracheitis / Q000209:etiology
Berufsbedingte Inhalationsallergie durch Pollen von Euphorbia fulgens Karw