title: [Allergens in the household].
abstract: As an introduction a survey is given of the great changes the biotope "household" has undergone during the last decades which had quite important consequences regarding the composition and quantity of the allergens found there. Organic substances are of primary importance among the inhalation-allergens: especially animals (insects (housedust mites!) and pets), but also moulds and organic dusts. Inorganic substances, like fumes of cleansers or of formaldehyde, act more as primary irritants and only rarely cause real allergies. Among contact-allergens on the contrary, inorganic substances like metals, cleansers and the like are more often the cause of dermatitis than organic material, but juices of fruits, vegetables and sometimes also of meat or fish can provoke real allergic sensitizations.
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000209:etiology; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology; D005658:Fungi; D006795:Household Products; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology*; D007313:Insecta; D008925:Mites
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens
vernacular_title: Allergene im Haushalt.