[A case of latex allergy with bronchial asthma].
A 26-year-old nurse consulted our department because of shortness of breath, wheezing and skin eruption after eating lunch several days before. At the consultation, the symptoms had disappeared, pulmonary function showed no abnormality, and there were no abnormal findings on chest auscultation. Latex allergy was suspected because of a history of wheezing and skin eruption after wearing latex gloves and an elevated serum IgE level specific to latex antigen. After a usage test of medical latex gloves, wheezing, skin eruption, and a decrease of FEV1.0 on pulmonary function testing were observed. The case was therefore diagnosed as latex allergy with bronchial asthma. Her symptoms were not observed after polymer coated gloves were substituted. Latex allergy is apt to complicate food allergy, an initial symptom of the present case. Specific IgE for several kinds of food was also elevated.
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Research Institute for Diseases of the Chest, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashiku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Yoshida
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Aizawa
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Komori
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Inoue
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Koto
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Hara
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D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000097:blood; D007840:Latex / Q000276:immunology; D020315:Latex Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
D007840:Latex; D007073:Immunoglobulin E