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PHOTOGRAPHY-INDUSTRY
CHEMICAL-EXPOSURE
ALLERGIC-REACTIONS
CONTACT DERMATITIS AND ASTHMA FROM SODIUM METABISULFITE IN A PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNICIAN
The case history of a female worker in a photographic processing laboratory who developed contact dermatitis and asthma from sodium-metabisulfite exposure was presented. The patient began to suffer from breathlessness within a few minutes of turning on the machines that mixed and heated the processing chemicals. She had mild eczema on the upper arms just before starting this job, but this had worsened and persisted since leaving work. Respiratory examinations revealed only slight changes with a bronchodilator. Skin prick tests were negative for common allergens. The only positive test results were obtained to 5% sodium-metabisulfite. Other products from work were found to contain various sulfites. It was suggested that the sulfites may have been at least been an aggravating factor in, if not cause of, eczema in this patient.
Contact Dermatitis, 33(1):65-66, 1995. (6 references)
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