latex allergy
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latex allergy
anaphylactic hypersensitivity to soluble proteins in latex, seen most often in patients and health care workers sensitized by repeated exposure to latex.
Type I reaction Immediate (anaphylactic) IgE-mediated response to latex proteins, which occurs after prior exposure to latex. While latex anaphylaxis can be life-threatening, deaths therefrom are 'case report rare'
Type IV reaction Allergic contact dermatitis An immune response that causes a delayed—poison ivy-like—skin rash with blistering and oozing
latex allergy
Allergy medicine An IgE-mediated sensitivity to latex proteins Clinical Anaphylaxis, angioedema, asthma, conjunctivitis, contact urticaria, rhinitis, following sensitization to latex allergens; LA is common, affects ±7% of US population, ≥ 15% of health care workers. See Latex.la·tex al·ler·gy
(lā'teks al'ĕr-jē)Cutaneous hypersensitivity to natural rubber which is used in the manufacture of rubber gloves, condoms, and other articles.
la·tex al·ler·gy
(lā'teks al'ĕr-jē)Hypersensitivity to latex-based products, those derived from similar plants, and those containing such synthetic materials.
Patient discussion about latex allergy
Q. I went out the other day with an ex, and things got “interesting” and then he refused to wear a condom saying he is allergic to the latex now! I mean, we’ve been together a few years before and he didn’t have any problem then. So how can he be allergic to latex all of a sudden? (we didn’t have unprotected sex if any of you wondered)
A. I doubt an allergy to latex developes over the years out of the blue, but it is not impossible that someone suffers from somewhat an allergy at a lesser extent that does not bother him and then later developes a stronger reaction to the substance.
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