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Allergic to Gold

Filed in archive Metal Allergies by ruth on January 30, 2007

18K Yellow Gold Satin & Shiny Heart Pendant w/Multi Strand Necklace 20\
While it is true that most metal allergies is due to nickellinks, upgrading into more expensive jewelry doesn't assure you won't break into rashes and other metal allergy symptoms. According to Dr. Thomas Fuchs of Goettingen University Hospital in Germany, people can also be allergic even to gold!
"These are indeed isolated cases," Fuchs says. "But they are enough to prove conclusively that there is such a thing as an allergy to gold."

The degree of allergy varies. Some people develop dermatitis, also called eczema, from even brief contact with gold items, while others break out only after many years of skin contact with gold.

Some people develop intermittent or persistent eczema on their hands and feet. It is usually a blistering type of eczema, known as pompholyx.

If you suspect that you're allergic to gold, there's no choice but to avoid contact with gold. And that goes for your dental crowns, too!






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