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Quality of life in patients with latex allergy
Sultan Al-Otaibi1, Susan M Tarlo, Ronald House
1Saudi Aramco, Dhahran Health Center, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Background:
Exposure to natural rubber latex (NRL) may lead to a variety of allergic clinical manifestations that may affect the quality of life (QOL).
Aim:
To assess QOL of patients with different clinical effects of NRL allergy including rhino-conjunctivitis, asthma, anaphylaxis and skin manifestations.
Method:
A questionnaire to assess QOL was mailed to 56 patients who had been assessed and managed for various clinical manifestations of latex allergy at a university affiliated hospital in Toronto, Canada.
Results:
Thirty-one questionnaires were completed and returned. Thirty of the respondents were health care workers. Forty-one percent of the respondents had changed their jobs to reduce exposure to latex and 13% had stopped working. However the respondents did not report a great effect on the QOL related to latex allergy.
Conclusion:
The results of this study indicate that the various clinical manifestations of latex allergy can be managed so that there is no significant interference with QOL.
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