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Contact dermatitis and sensitization in professional musicians
- Source :
- Contact Dermatitis. 80:273-278
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2019.
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND Professional musicians have prolonged and intense physical contact with their instruments. This can lead to occupational skin diseases, particularly irritant and allergic contact dermatitis. OBJECTIVES To assess the skin diseases and sensitization patterns common among professional musicians. METHODS A retrospective analysis of the data of the Information Network of Departments of Dermatology (IVDK) was performed, including data from 1997 to 2017. RESULTS We identified 236 professional musicians. In this group, male sex (58.6%) and younger age (60.6% aged < 40 years) were common. The musicians suffered more frequently from facial dermatitis (23.7% vs 15.7%) and less often from leg dermatitis (5.1% vs 10.7%) than the control group (the non-musicians in the IVDK database). The most frequent diagnoses were allergic contact dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, and irritant contact dermatitis. The sensitization profile of the professional musicians was similar to that of the control group. In 8.9% of cases, an occupational background of skin disease was confirmed. CONCLUSIONS Severe occupational skin diseases among professional musicians are not as common as in classic "skin-damaging" professions. However, as these skin conditions can mostly be controlled with simple preventive measures, we recommend that this group should be patch tested and treated by a specialist.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Medizin
Musical instrument
Dermatology
Disease
Leg Dermatoses
030207 dermatology & venereal diseases
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Germany
Odds Ratio
medicine
Humans
Immunology and Allergy
030212 general & internal medicine
Occupational skin diseases
Allergic contact dermatitis
Sensitization
business.industry
Atopic dermatitis
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
3. Good health
medicine.anatomical_structure
Dermatitis, Occupational
Austria
Dermatitis, Allergic Contact
Multivariate Analysis
Irritant contact dermatitis
Dermatitis, Irritant
Female
business
Contact dermatitis
Facial Dermatoses
Music
Switzerland
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01051873
- Volume :
- 80
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Contact Dermatitis
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e29021375391a08419b7626c4a9f85ca