The Dermatitis Academy (and Nickel Allergy Alliance, a subgroup) tracks confirmed allergic dermatitis cases and serves as an awareness advocate.
The Dermatitis Academy was developed and is maintained by Sharon Jacob, MD, a board certified dermatologist and contact dermatitis expert. The DA is home to the Nickel Allergy Alliance (NAA), a groundswell subcommittee developed by participants in the Pediatric Contact Dermatitis Registry, and its supporters. It was formed to track the growing number of confirmed nickel dermatitis cases and to serve as a voice for all those concerned with the increasing prevalence of nickel allergy in the US.
04/09/2023
One of my new lectures is based on the book "The body keeps the score" and speaks to stress and ACD. Working on recording for the share. They touch on the impact of stress on the immune system in this video.
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04/08/2023
Interesting article on MI
"Our case is interesting because it demonstrates a combined mechanism of MI hand dermatitis: (i) although not traceable, a probable direct contact with MI present in (a) product(s) of the patient's working environment (canalisations and plumbing at private citizens home), (ii) confirmed contact with nitrile protective gloves, likely contaminated by MI from the work environment, and (iii) additional exposure to (low/residual levels of) MI in new protective gloves. Although in the present case it concerned nitrile gloves, it has been previously described that some rubber gloves (i.e., natural latex rubber) might not always prevent MI pe*******on 4 ; however, this particular feature (pe*******on of MI through nitrile rubber gloves) was not investigated in our case. Finally, we cannot exclude that MI‐dependent contact dermatitis was further maintained due to frequent exposure to rinse‐off cosmetics or detergents. 5 In our patient, regular changes of new gloves every 3 days lead to a relative improvement, but no clearance, of his hand dermatitis. In practice, clinicians must be aware that, occasionally, protective nitrile gloves might contain isothiazolinones, inherently or by contamination, which might potentially aggravate existing hand dermatitis." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9546190/
Cartoon of Nickel Sensitization from the Dermatitis Academy
06/07/2020
https://www.dermatitisacademy.com/nickel-allergic-contact-dermatitis-identification-treatment-and-prevention/
Read all about it!!! Here: https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/145/5/e20200628.long
Nickel Allergic Contact Dermatitis: Identification, Treatment, and Prevention - Dermatitis Academy Review and Synopsis of Original Peer-Reviewed Article: Silverberg NB, Pelletier JL, Jacob SE, Schneider LC; SECTION ON DERMATOLOGY, SECTION ON ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY. Nickel Allergic Contact Dermatitis: Identification, Treatment, and Prevention. Pediatrics. 2020;145(5):e20200628. doi:10.1542/peds.2...
02/15/2020
Dear Friends... The Dermatitis Academy... (Webucation site providing free education globally) has exceeded our global 5 year goals [including a goal of 250K unique hits, outreaching 6 continents -if you are in Antartica and have a CD question - please log in!!! ;) ] and is now transitioning to non-for-profit this year ... THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT --- 7.5 billion on the planet in 2017 --- 20% are contact sensitized --- numbers are staggering. When we saw the 30K hits from China we were humbled... no sales, no advertising - just information... please share and let us know how we can make it better for both patients and providers...
Dermatitis Academy - A Contact Dermatitis Resource A comprehensive educational resource on the topic of contact dermatitis. Here both providers and patients will find relevant information on allergens.
02/15/2020
When JV and CR developed the nickel allergy wiki page in 2016 and the drew the nickel education cartoon in partnership with the DA, we wanted to help people suffering with nickel allergy to be able to find resources - please review the nickel allergy wiki page and edit to keep it as up to date as we can. Thank you!!!:
Nickel allergy - Wikipedia Nickel allergy or nickel allergic contact dermatitis (Ni-ACD) is a form of allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) caused by exposure to the chemical element nickel.
02/12/2020
Article from Italy: "Our preliminary findings suggest that probiotic Lact. reuteri could be a useful supplementation during a low-Ni diet of patients with SNAS, to increase LAB population diversity, which could contribute to restore the intestinal homoeostasis conditions"
Probiotic supplementation in systemic nickel allergy syndrome patients: study of its effects on lactic acid bacteria population and on clinical sym... - PubMed - NCBI J Appl Microbiol. 2015 Jan;118(1):202-11. doi: 10.1111/jam.12685. Epub 2014 Nov 30. Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
01/31/2020
New Article from the Department of Nutrition and Integrative Health, Maryland University of Integrative Health- So very interesting -
Mechanisms of Nickel-Induced Cell Damage in Allergic Contact Dermatitis and Nutritional Intervention Strategies. - PubMed - NCBI Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets. 2020 Jan 22. doi: 10.2174/1871530320666200122155804. [Epub ahead of print]
01/31/2020
New article from FDA - very very interesting. A topic which has gained more traction in the more recent years...
Effects of diet on skin sensitization by nickel, poison ivy, and sesquiterpene lactones. - PubMed - NCBI Food Chem Toxicol. 2020 Jan 23:111137. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2020.111137. [Epub ahead of print] Review
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