Björnberg A
Am J Ind Med. 1985;8(4-5):395-400. doi: 10.1002/ajim.4700080420.
Many workers exposed to glass fibers experience an intense pruritus (itching), sometimes accompanied by erythema, erosions, and dermatitis. Patch tests to glass fibers provoked a papulovesicular dermatitis in about 25% of normal persons. Workers in the glass wool industry, whether or not clinically symptomatic, had the same levels of patch-test reactivity. A battery of skin tests failed to identify persons with an increased susceptibility to glass fiber pruritus. Some workers' skin becomes hardened by continuous exposure. This hardening is lost after a one-month holiday but is quickly regained. Barrier creams had no protective value in preventing glass fiber dermatitis.
许多接触玻璃纤维的工人会出现强烈的瘙痒，有时还伴有红斑、糜烂和皮炎。对玻璃纤维进行斑贴试验，约25%的正常人会引发丘疹水疱性皮炎。玻璃棉行业的工人，无论有无临床症状，斑贴试验反应水平相同。一系列皮肤试验未能识别出对玻璃纤维瘙痒易感性增加的人。一些工人的皮肤因持续接触而变硬。这种硬化在休假一个月后消失，但很快又会恢复。防护霜对预防玻璃纤维皮炎没有保护作用。
