Contact Urticaria from an Oxygen Mask in a Military Pilot

Authors: Gan, Wee Hoe; Koh, Choong Hou; Low, Robin

Source: Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, Volume 81, Number 8, August 2010 , pp. 785-788(4)

Publisher: Aerospace Medical Association

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Abstract:

Gan WH, Koh CH, Low R. Contact urticaria from an oxygen mask in a military pilot. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2010; 81:785-8.

Contact urticaria is a transient, wheal-and-flare response at the site of contact with a substance. We report a case of a military fighter pilot, with a background history of seborrheic dermatitis and steroid-induced facial skin atrophy, who subsequently developed contact urticaria from an oxygen facemask. Skin protection products such as barrier creams were used to try and minimize the provocation of contact urticaria from the oxygen mask whenever he flew, but without success. He was eventually permanently restricted from flying fighter aircraft.

Keywords: seborrheic dermatitis; atopic dermatitis; skin protection products

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3357/ASEM.2475.2010

Publication date: 2010-08-01

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