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Article: Contact dermatitis: solutions to rash mysteries. (includes related information)
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- FDA Consumer
- Article date:
- May 1, 1990
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Contact Dermatitis: Solutions to Rash Mysteries
When it comes to solving mysteries, a super sleuth like Sherlock Holmes has nothing on a good dermatologist.
Consider the case of the woman whose 21-year-long bout of eczema of the right palm was traced by her dermatologist to a carving knife she received as a wedding present 21 years before. The knife's wooden handle was the culprit causing her allergic rash.
Or the lade who had eczema of the palms for six years. The dermatologist deduced that the guilty party was the car she had bought six years earlier -- the steering wheel contained a compound to which she was allergic.
Or the recent ...