Contact dermatitis caused by glucose sensors, insulin pumps, and tapes: Results from a 5-year period.

Contact Dermatitis
Ulrik Ahrensbøll-FriisJeanne Duus Johansen

Abstract

The number of patients with contact dermatitis from glucose sensors and insulin infusion sets is increasing. Patch testing is challenging because of a lack of information concerning the constituent materials of medical devices. To report on products and causes of allergic reactions to glucose sensors or insulin infusion sets over a 5-year period and suggest a short screening series. Analysis of patch test data from consecutive patients suspected of allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) to glucose sensors and/or insulin infusion sets from 2015-2019. Patient numbers increased from 4 to 15 per year; 30/38 (78.9%) were children. In 29 (76.3%), a diagnosis of allergic/probable ACD was established, mostly due to the tapes of the device or allergens in these tapes (n = 23) followed by allergens in the device housing (n = 10). Isobornyl acrylate, abitol, and colophonium were the most common allergens. Information from manufacturers was often difficult to obtain and, if accessible, inadequate. For this reason, the diagnosis was delayed for more than 1.5 years in 12 (31%) patients. The increasing number of patients, mostly children, with ACD from devices used in treatment of type 1 diabetes demonstrates the importance of this problem. Allerg...Continue Reading

References

Dec 1, 1979·Contact Dermatitis·A Dooms-GoossensE Luytens
Feb 1, 1978·Contact Dermatitis·E Cronin, C D Calnan
May 1, 1985·Contact Dermatitis·B W Boom, L M van Driel
Jan 1, 1984·Contact Dermatitis·W D James
Jul 1, 1982·Journal of Endodontics·L I Grossman
Feb 1, 1993·Contact Dermatitis·A Dooms-GoossensM Bruze
Aug 1, 1996·Contact Dermatitis·J van den HoveJ M Lachapelle
Jan 5, 2000·Contact Dermatitis·A M Downs, J E Sansom
Feb 7, 2004·Allergy·C Martin-GarciaH Sanchez-Cano
Oct 20, 2007·Ophthalmologica. Journal international d'ophtalmologie. International journal of ophthalmology. Zeitschrift für Augenheilkunde·George D KymionisMiltiadis K Tsilimbaris
Jan 22, 2015·Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes : Official Journal, German Society of Endocrinology [and] German Diabetes Association·E BinderS E Hofer
Nov 3, 2016·Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology·Lutz Heinemann, Stefanie Kamann
Feb 14, 2018·Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics·Satish K Garg
Mar 16, 2018·Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology·Stefanie KamannLutz Heinemann
May 1, 2018·Contact Dermatitis·Stefano PassanisiGiovanni B Pajno
Jun 13, 2018·Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics·Anna Korsgaard BergJannet Svensson
Aug 11, 2018·Contact Dermatitis·Anne B SimonsenJeanne D Johansen
Feb 14, 2019·Journal of Diabetes Investigation·Yusuke MineDaisuke Matsuura
Feb 19, 2019·Contact Dermatitis·Martin MowitzMagnus Bruze
Jan 7, 2020·Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV·M TramontanaL Stingeni

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Feb 19, 2021·Contact Dermatitis·Christina Huang, Joel DeKoven

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Allergy and Asthma

Allergy and asthma are inflammatory disorders that are triggered by the activation of an allergen-specific regulatory t cell. These t cells become activated when allergens are recognized by allergen-presenting cells. Here is the latest research on allergy and asthma.