Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 5526471Your eye are red and itchy. So is your nose. You're sneezing, wheezing, and you can't figure out why. Well, you think you're allergic, and you&...
© no copyright infoIs the price of a piece of jewelry an indicator whether the metal used contains nickel and may thus cause rashes in individuals allergic to nickel? In some countries in Europe, perh...
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Remember nickel allergy? It is an allergy to metals (most metals have nickel!) wherein direct skin contact can lead to itching and rashes.
Mobile phones can be a cause of nickel allergy to...
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Metal Allergies
by ruth on December 29, 2007
Here's a video of a woman who was allergic to her dental crowns because she had metal allergies.
Nickel is a metal commonly used in dental works, to which most people with metal allergies reac...
Hexavalent chromium or Chromium (VI) is a strong allergen and it can lead to allergic skin reactions like contact eczema in sensitised individuals. Yes, there are individuals who are actually allergic...
In many cases of skin allergies, such as those in metal allergies or other contact dermatitis, topical glucocorticoids, or specifically cortisol (hydrocortisone) is commonly recommended by doctors. Th...
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Metal Allergies
by ruth on April 12, 2007
Like I mentioned before, those with metal allergies may also have problems with dental crowns and inlays or dentures which may have nickel and chromium-containing materials in them. How do you recogni...
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Metal Allergies
by ruth on January 30, 2007
If you have nickel allergies, you have to be careful in buying fashion jewelries from shops. Although the use of nickel in jewelries is getting less and less, a lot still use nickel-containing metals ...
I came across a press release announcing that a new homeopathic drug against nickel allergies has been released into the market. According to the official website of the manufacturer, Plymouth Pharmac...
I'd like to bring out a comment left by a reader in the hopes that someone may be able to help. In response to my post on using nail polish to prevent contact with nickel-containing clasps and but...
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Metal Allergies
by ruth on January 17, 2007
If you have metal allergies, you know you should be careful in choosing jewelry and other accessories. But metal allergies are not only produce allergy symptoms on the skin. It's an issue for pati...
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Metal Allergies
by ruth on December 27, 2006
Those of you looking at jewelry for gifts, find out first if your recipient have metal allergies. Reports say that up to four percent of the population is allergic to nickel, a metal commonly found in...
Here's a quick and handy tip I picked up for those with nickel allergies: use several layers of nail polish to cover a button or a clasp which causes irritation.
There are people who develop ras...
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Metal Allergies
by ruth on November 20, 2006
Whenever we think "metal allergies", we most often blame it to jewelries, belts, and other accessories, which, we can do without. But metal allergies become more serious for people needing k...
A recent study has demonstrated that tacrolimus, an immunosuppresive drug commonly used in organ transplant patients and as a topical medicine for atopic dermatitis (eczema), is also effective in alle...
Nickel allergy is a contact allergy, which is an allergic skin reaction in response to an initial and/or brief, or repeated and/or prolonged, exposure to nickel or nickel-containing items. It's on...
Actually, the title of the article was "Allergy sufferers could turn to dentists for relief", but then goes on to tell a story of a survey in Japan correlated warts similar to athlete's ...
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