Sometimes at 48 hours if not sure if irritant or allergic can add the allergen elsewhere on the skin and a reaction should occur within 48 hours as you have already excited the immune system to this allergen elsewhere If allergic: redness remains or is even worse at 72 hours If irritant: redness often has improved at 72 hours compared to 48 hours Some allergens can also be irritant and can cause irritant rather than allergic reactions +++ very strong positive: intense erythema, infiltration, coaslescinge vesicles, bullae ++ strong positive: erythema, infiltration, papules, discrete vesicles + weak positive: infiltration, possible plaque You then review again at 72 hours and again mark the level of reaction seen Leave wells on for 48 hours and take them off (takes this time to develop a reaction) and mark the level of reaction seen. Allergens are introduced in a fixed concentration (often in petrolatum)Īllergens are applied to small areas of the back under aluminium wells (non irritant and non allergic and serves as a from of occlusion to allow penetration of the allergen)
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To test for Type 4 allergic reactions as seen in ACD you can do patch testing To test for IgE mediated reactions you can do skin prick testing and RAST testing Type 4 allergic reactions are in contrast to type 1 histamine mediated IgE reactions Patient’s with impaired barrier function of skin are more prone to developing allergic contact dermatitis, for example: It is a type 4 allergic reaction (aka delayed hypersensitivity reaction) - so this is modulated by CD4+ T cells with the reaction occurring about 48-72 hours after exposure to the antigenĪllergic contact dermatitis will characteristically give weeping, oozing very itchy skinĬan sometimes be very acute and severe with associated blistering, for example in plant contact dermatitis or hair dye (PPD) allergy The allergen is usually harmless to people not allergic to it Patient may have been in contact with this allergen for years with no issues previously prior to sensitisation He/she can then develop a rash whenever comes in contact with the allergen, even with small doses of exposure In ACD the person develops an allergy to a specific allergen in the environment Hyperkeratosis and lichenification can occur Get erythema, scaling, dryness and fissuring Often related to wet work and exposure to detergentsĭue to multiple exposures from weak irritants (think of the interdigital spaces as the ‘gutter’ of the hands where things collect)
Get specific pattern involvement of interdigital spaces and dorsal fingers Irritant dermatitis characteristically leads to diffuse redness with dry, cracked, fissured skin.Īge: babies/young children and elderly (relatively compromised epidermal barrier)īody site: face, dorsal hands, finger webs
Seen regularly in people involved in industries with lots of wet work exposure (eg nurses/chef), and people who work in industries exposed to irritants (eg machine tool operators, mechanics, labourer in building industry) Unlike allergic contact dermatitis there is no involvement of immunologic memory Irritants are often substances like detergents and solvents that strip the skin of its natural oils and cause dermatitis to develop if contacted frequentlyįor instance if anyone is exposed to an irritant (such as repeatedly washing hands with a hand wash) for long enough and repeatedly enough they will develop an irritant reaction from overuse Much more common than allergic dermatitis:Ĭauses a direct cytotoxic effect due to single or repeated application of a chemical substance or physical insult to a cutaneous site
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