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Clothing Dermatitis and Clothing-Related Skin Conditions

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Topic: Dermatitis
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Sort Desciption: Clothing can be a cause of occupational dermatitis. The source of dermatitis can be the fabric itself, chemical additives used in processing the fabric and hardware and fasteners. ...

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Clothing can be a cause of occupational dermatitis. The source of dermatitis can be the fabric itself, chemical additives used in processing the fabric and hardware and fasteners. The physical or occlusive effect of clothing can result in dermatitis. Contaminated clothing from workplace chemicals, friction from clothing rubbing the skin, or heat retention from perspiration-soaked clothing in hot working environments can cause distinctive dermatologic conditions. Textile fiber can be natural, synthetic or a combination of the two materials. Natural fiber is proteinaceous such as silk or wool or made from cellulose plant material such as cotton or linen. Man-made fibers such as rayon and acetate are cellulose polymers. Synthetic polymers include nylon, polyester, fiberglass, rubber and spandex. (1) All fibers can cause irritant and allergic contact dermatitis although allergic contact dermatitis is rare. For instance, people with atopic dermatitis may find some fabrics such as wool irritating their skin lesions but it is not an allergy. Both irritant and allergic contact dermatitis can have the same morphology and pattern of lesions and may require patch testing to distinguish the difference between the two conditions. The distribution of the skin reaction is usually where the garments fit snugly and is worse in areas of friction and perspiration (2). Allergic or irritant reactions to clothing is more often a result of the rubber materials, formaldehyde finishing resins, chemical additives, dyes, glues and tanning agents used in processing the fabric or clothing or metallic fasteners (2). Elastic in clothing material such as brassieres and the waistband in underwear or ...

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