Source: Contact Dermatitis  |  Posted 9 years ago

Contact sensitisation to allergens such as hair dye is common in adult widespread eczema (WE), according to Chinese researchers.

Neglected widespread contact with contact allergens plays an important role in adult WE, and further studies were needed on the impact of age and gender, they suggest.

In this study, the role of contact hypersensitivity (CHS) in WE was investigated, and the aetiology of WE analysed, by LF Li and J Wang of the Department of Dermatology, Peking University The Third Hospital, Beijing.

Patch tests were made in 108 consecutive adult WE patients and a control group of 352 patients with suspected localised allergic contact dermatitis (ACD). Those in the WE group had a significantly greater average age than the control subjects (47.6