Tell me your profession, I will say to you if you take risks for your skin

Tell me your profession, I will say to you if you take risks for your skin

The allergic cutaneous reactions related to work are numerous. In 90% of the cases, these professional allergic dermatoses are due to chemical agents. Which are the principal professions at the risk and which are the responsible allergens?

Professional allergic dermatoses

From 70 to 150 workers out of 100.000 are touched by allergic dermatoses, mainly allergic eczemas of contact. As of the stage of irritation, it is important to detect such affections to prevent their evolution. The attending physician or the company doctor is in first line for the diagnosis and then to give the councils of ousting of the allergen in question.
It should be known that the time of appearance of the allergic eczema of contact is very variable and no rule follows. In the trades of the hairstyle for example, the reactions often appear very quickly, as of the training. On the other hand, in the BTP, the allergies of the masons can appear after several years of exposure.
Always let us keep with the spirit that the more precociously the allergy will be detected, the more the precautionary measures will be effective.

Which are the most frequent allergens according to the professions?

Hairdressers
Products of dyeing.
Persulphates of discolorations.
Nickel of the scissors and objects metal.

Health workforces
Rubber of the gloves.
Disinfectants and disinfecting of hospital use.

Dental dentists and personnel
Gloves.
Dental resins and adhesives (acrylates).
Disinfectants and disinfecting…

Trades of the construction industry (plumber, roofer, tile-layer, painter…)
Chromates and cobalt of cements.
Rubber of the gloves and boots.
Paintings.
Varnished.
Adhesives (epoxy…).

Trades of the metallurgy (machining of metals…)
Cutting oils (biocides mainly).
Adhesives…

Trades of the food (cook, baker…)
Food (vegetables, garlic, spices).
Rubber of the gloves.
Disinfectants for the washing of the hands.
Disinfecting of surface…

Florists and gardeners
Plants and flowers.
Pesticides.
Rubber of the gloves and the boots.

Farmers, stockbreeders, veterinary surgeons
Rubber of the gloves, boots, pipes, tires.
Pesticides.
Plants.
Veterinary drugs and products.
Feedingstuffs (éthoxyquine…).
Conservatives.
Disinfecting and disinfectants.