Talk:Latex allergy

Latex allergy and condoms ?
I suggest that people with latex allergy can't use condoms ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.157.215.108 (talk) 08:46, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

I have this

 * I'm surpised there would be an article about it.--Hailey 18:52, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Other forms of latex allergy?
Are there any other forms of latex allergy, besides Type 1 and Type IV? It seems like there should be at least two more. Gary 20:10, 3 April 2006 (UTC)


 * The "Type I" and "Type IV" come from the known types of hypersensitivity. Latex does not cause type II and III allergies. That said I'm thinking that this article should link more obviously to the article on hypersensitivity to make that more clear, but I'm not sure where to put the link.--Sammka 04:25, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I have added a sentence to the Types section to clarify this. --Una Smith (talk) 22:10, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

What does swelling of areas touched by latex fall under? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.36.103.20 (talk) 00:16, August 30, 2007 (UTC)
 * Contact dermatitis, type IV. --Una Smith (talk) 22:10, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

What do low-level reactions after inhalatation or accidental ingestion fall under? [e.g. from certain foods, from pill cutters containing latex, etc.] 108.45.79.25 (talk) 20:40, 19 December 2015 (UTC)

The presence of talc powder on latex products seems to aggravate the allergic reaction. Maybe the talc increases the transfer of the allergenes from the latex to skin? Can someone expand on this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.51.77.190 (talk) 08:20, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Page Needs Fixing
Good grief this article is in need of massive editing, medical notes okay - but the speculative hearsay of who is likely to have the allergy and the percentage is NOT131.111.8.96 (talk) 20:40, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Allergy caused by latex or chemicals?
"Type IV reactions are caused by the chemicals used to process the rubber." "Some people who have latex allergy may also have an allergic response to any of a number of plant products, usually fruits. Some but not all of these fruits contain a form of latex."

Very contradictive to say the least...


 * Not contradictory. Some people have allergy to the latex itself, some to the residual chemicals used to process the latex, and some develop the contact dermatitis from other factors at the same time they are using the gloves.  The cited reference in the second paragraph of the section can be used to resolve a lot of the citation needed tags. (Indeed, a person could be allergic to all of the agents mentioned.) In any event, though, I'm removing the contradictory tag. --S. Rich (talk) 02:22, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Latex fashion and allergies?
I wonder, have there been done any research whatsoever in the prevalence of latex allergy with regards to latex fashion? The fetish subculture is ever getting bigger and more accepted in mainstream, and yet I haven't heard a single case of anyone ever becoming allergic from wearing latex fashion - though I'm sure it's out there.

Latex fashion is typically 100% natural latex rubber and pretty much the same rubber as used in condoms and surgical gloves. There's also the addition of colors to the blend which may or may not add additional allergens into the equation. "Heavy Rubber" fashion is a more extreme form of rubber fashion, where you wear tons of rubber - completely encased and/or layer-upon-layer. Can be very hilarious, but saddening if it risks allergy over time.

Would be nice to know something about these things. I'm a big fan of latex fashion myself and, although silicon spray is widely used for donning the clothes with minimal friction (coincidentally creating a film between the skin and the latex), It'd be most enlightening to learn more about this. -- DrMadolite (talk) 19:48, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Artificial latex: removing uncited claims
Following an unsuccessful Pubmed/Medline search for supporting references, I have removed the citation needed claims that artificial latex (artificial polyisoprene) can cause the same allergies as natural latex, after being unable to find any supporting study in a Medline/Pubmed literature search. All the citations I have found indicate that 'latex allergy' is a function of the complex proteins produced by the Hevea latex tree. The isoprene polymers and the hevea proteins are chemically very different, and an artificial process to produce polyisoprene will not produce any proteins. It is also worth noting that the term 'latex allergy' is exclusively limited to allergies to natural latex rubber, not just on Pubmed/Medline but also in OSHA, FDA, and EU regulatory websites. I have therefore removed references (many labeled with citation needed) to allergies to non-latex rubbers. See US OSHA

EU OSHA

FDA ("Not all types of latex contain the proteins responsible for natural rubber latex allergy.")

EU

Pubmed

Pubmed

JDowning (talk) 17:12, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
 * It's always hard to find scholarly aricles, but from personal experience, spandex trigger my latex allergies. 108.45.79.25 (talk) 20:06, 19 December 2015 (UTC)

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Link between spina bifida and latex allergies
It seems to be appropriate to add more detail about the connection between spina bifida and latex allergy. Specifically, according to the Spina Bifida Association of New York State, spina bifida patients tend to have a higher rate of latex allergy because of early in life and frequent exposures to latex during surgeries and other medical procedures. --Clark3ei (talk) 17:58, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

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