Angioedema, an unusual reaction to hair dye

Angioedema is a type-1 hypersensitivity reaction that can be life threatening. It affects the skin airways and the gastrointestinal tract. Henna is a green powder used to dye skin and nails. We report a 29 year old patient who presented with angioedema Her patch test was positive to paraphenynlenedi...

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Autores principales: Ngwanya, Reginald Mzudumile, Spengane, Zandile, Khumalo, Nonhlanhla
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6195235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30364413
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.30.103.12061
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author Ngwanya, Reginald Mzudumile
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description Angioedema is a type-1 hypersensitivity reaction that can be life threatening. It affects the skin airways and the gastrointestinal tract. Henna is a green powder used to dye skin and nails. We report a 29 year old patient who presented with angioedema Her patch test was positive to paraphenynlenediamine. She was discharged after successful treatment with intravenous steroids and later topical steroids.
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spelling pubmed-61952352018-10-24 Angioedema, an unusual reaction to hair dye Ngwanya, Reginald Mzudumile Spengane, Zandile Khumalo, Nonhlanhla Pan Afr Med J Case Report Angioedema is a type-1 hypersensitivity reaction that can be life threatening. It affects the skin airways and the gastrointestinal tract. Henna is a green powder used to dye skin and nails. We report a 29 year old patient who presented with angioedema Her patch test was positive to paraphenynlenediamine. She was discharged after successful treatment with intravenous steroids and later topical steroids. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2018-06-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6195235/ /pubmed/30364413 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.30.103.12061 Text en © Reginald Mzudumile Ngwanya et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Angioedema, an unusual reaction to hair dye
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title_short Angioedema, an unusual reaction to hair dye
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6195235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30364413
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.30.103.12061
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