title: Occupational allergic rhinitis in the hair care industry: reactions to permanent wave solutions.
abstract: This report details our observations on rhinitic reactions in nonatopic professional beauticians in whom an etiologic agent for occupational symptoms was not previously determined. Exposure to permanent wave solutions in a laboratory setting caused clinical symptoms and significant laboratory evidence of nasal airway obstruction. In one patient, previous treatment with cromolyn sodium reduced, but did not completely eliminate, the reaction.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland, OH 44106.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Strohl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000139:chemically induced; D005260:Female; D006203:Hair Preparations / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D012221:Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D006203:Hair Preparations