Matsushita T, Aoyama K, Manda F, Ueda A, Yoshida M, Okamura J
Department of Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan.
Contact Dermatitis. 1989 Nov;21(5):321-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1989.tb04751.x.
By questionnaire survey, 32 out of 52 workers (61.5%) reported previous or current skin diseases from okra cultivation. The sites of skin lesions were mainly the arms, fingers and fingertips. Positive patch test reactions with preparations of okra leaves or immature pods in 111 workers, compared to 63 control subjects, were significantly higher in okra workers than in controls (p less than 0.01), ranging from 9.8 to 30.0%. 37 out of 111 workers (33.3%) were diagnosed as having allergic contact dermatitis (n = 17; 15.3%) and irritant contact dermatitis (n = 18; 16.2%) from okra cultivation.
通过问卷调查,52名工人中有32名(61.5%)报告曾患或正患有秋葵种植引起的皮肤病。皮肤病变部位主要在手臂、手指和指尖。与63名对照受试者相比,111名秋葵种植工人对秋葵叶或未成熟豆荚制剂的斑贴试验阳性反应显著更高(p<0.01),范围为9.8%至30.0%。111名工人中有37名(33.3%)被诊断为因秋葵种植患有过敏性接触性皮炎(n = 17;15.3%)和刺激性接触性皮炎(n = 18;16.2%)。