Lemière C, Desjardins A, Cloutier Y, Drolet D, Perrault G, Cartier A, Malo J L
Dept of Chest Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, Montréal, Canada.
Eur Respir J. 1995 May;8(5):861-5.
We report the cases of three subjects who developed asthma after being exposed to formaldehyde dust or gas. For two subjects, specific bronchial provocation tests with formaldehyde gas did not cause significant bronchoconstriction, whereas exposure to formaldehyde resin dust did. One subject experienced asthmatic reaction after being exposed to formaldehyde resin dust and gas. These findings suggest that the physical and chemical properties of formaldehyde are relevant to its likelihood of causing asthma.
我们报告了三名受试者在接触甲醛粉尘或气体后患上哮喘的病例。对于两名受试者,用甲醛气体进行的特异性支气管激发试验未引起明显的支气管收缩,而接触甲醛树脂粉尘则导致了支气管收缩。一名受试者在接触甲醛树脂粉尘和气体后出现了哮喘反应。这些发现表明,甲醛的物理和化学性质与其引发哮喘的可能性相关。