Glass fiber dermatitis

Alf Björnberg MD,

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Alf Björnberg MD

Department of Dermatology, University of Lund, Lasarettet S-221 85, Lund, Sweden

Department of Dermatology, University of Lund, Lasarettet S-221 85, Lund, SwedenSearch for more papers by this author

Alf Björnberg MD,

Corresponding Author

Alf Björnberg MD

Department of Dermatology, University of Lund, Lasarettet S-221 85, Lund, Sweden

Department of Dermatology, University of Lund, Lasarettet S-221 85, Lund, SwedenSearch for more papers by this author

First published: 1985

https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.4700080420

Citations: 34

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Abstract

Many workers exposed to glass fibers experience an intense pruritus (itching), sometimes accompanied by erythema, erosions, and dermatitis.

Patch tests to glass fibers provoked a papulovesicular dermatitis in about 25% of normal persons. Workers in the glass wool industry, whether or not clinically symptomatic, had the same levels of patch-test reactivity.

A battery of skin tests failed to identify persons with an increased susceptibility to glass fiber pruritus.

Some workers' skin becomes hardened by continuous exposure. This hardening is lost after a one-month holiday but is quickly regained.

Barrier creams had no protective value in preventing glass fiber dermatitis.

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