Abstract
Airborne dermatoses are complaints linked to external environmental, chemical, and biotic agents carried through the air. In general, airborne dermatoses that are most common in the work environment, tend to cause diagnostic problems that are challenging for both the patient and the doctor. It should also be borne in mind that since the external culprit agents are present in the environment, they do not only come in contact with the skin and mucosa, but can also be inhaled or ingested, thus also causing respiratory and systemic symptoms. Among the various clinical forms, airborne contact dermatitis interests the parts of the body exposed to the air: face, neck, upper aspect of the chest, hands, wrists. These cases must be differentiated from photocontact dermatitis; in the latter case, however, shadowed anatomic areas, such as the upper eyelids, behind the ears, the submandibular region, and under the hair, are not affected.
Highlights
Airborne contact dermatoses are skin complaints linked to external environmental, chemical, and biotic agents carried through the air [1 - 4]
It should be borne in mind that since the external culprit agents are present in the environment, they do come in contact with the skin and mucosa, but can be inhaled or ingested, causing respiratory [bronchitis, asthma, rhinitis] and systemic symptoms [1 - 4]
The common belief is that occupational forms are more frequent than non-occupational, in the same way as airborne irritant contact dermatitis is thought to be more common than the allergic form of airborne contact dermatitis
Summary
Airborne contact dermatoses are skin complaints linked to external environmental, chemical, and biotic agents carried through the air [1 - 4]. Contact dermatitis is defined “airborne” on the basis of: [1] the existence of dust or of volatile causative agents, [2] the nature of the lesions, [3] the history of the patient, [the follow-up], and [4] the results of epicutaneous tests. Because they are so common in work environments, airborne dermatoses tend to cause diagnostic problems that are challenging for both the patient and the doctor. Cases of airborne skin afflictions are reported all over the world, reflecting the complexity and diversity of the problems encountered as a result of new causal agents and/or particular technical procedures
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