Oral hyposensitization to nickel allergy: preliminary clinical results

Rc Panzani, Domenico Schiavino, Eleonora Nucera, Stefano Pellegrino, G Fais, G Schinco, Giampiero Patriarca

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Abstract

Fifty-one patients presenting a dermatological allergy (erythema, urticaria, angioedema, contact dermatitis) to nickel were treated over 3 years with oral doses of 0.1 ng nickel sulfate per day, following a low-nickel diet. Diagnostic tests comprised patch and oral provocation tests. In 7 cases, the treatment was interrupted because of symptom reactivation, and in 14 cases for other reasons. Among the 30 cases who went through the whole follow-up, symptomatology totally disappeared in 29 cases, and a partial alleviation was achieved in 1 case after 1 year of treatment. Oral provocation tests with these 30 patients showed an overall increase of tolerance. Patch tests showed no variation in 20 cases, a diminution in 5, and were negative in 5. Although the study was not conducted double blind, the results of this attempt to cure nickel allergy are statistically significant.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)251-254
Numero di pagine4
RivistaInternational Archives of Allergy and Immunology
Volume107
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 1995

Keywords

  • Administration, Oral
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Desensitization, Immunologic
  • Diet
  • Drug Eruptions
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nickel
  • Patch Tests
  • Treatment Outcome

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