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Article: Reactive intestinal dysfunction syndrome (RIDS) caused by chemical exposures.
- Article from:
- Archives of Environmental Health
- Article date:
- September 1, 1998
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IN 1985, Brooks et al.[1] introduced a new disorder in their study entitled "RADS: Case Reports of Persistent Airways Hyper-reactivity Following High Level Irritant Exposures." Reactive Airway Dysfunction Syndrome was characterized by its rapid onset, specific relationship to a single environmental exposure, and the apparent lack of an allergic or immunologic etiology. In addition, there was no documented preexisting respiratory illness, and the respiratory symptoms and airway hyperreactivity persisted for at least 4 y after the initial incident. In their report, Brooks et al. suggested that acute high-level irritant exposures may produce an asthmalike syndrome in some ...