Allergy to Unna boots in four patients

We report the cases of four patients seen in our department since 1967 with allergic reactions to preservatives in Unna boots. The first three patients had reactions to parabens and the last had a photoallergic reaction to hexachlorophene. Preservative-free Unna boots were successfully applied to pa...

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Published inJournal of the American Academy of Dermatology Vol. 33; no. 5; pp. 906 - 908
Main Authors Praditsuwan, Podjanee, Taylor, James S, Roenigk, Henry H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.11.1995
Elsevier
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Anti-Infective Agents, Local - adverse effects
Anti-Infective Agents, Local - analysis
Biological and medical sciences
Dermatitis, Allergic Contact - diagnosis
Dermatitis, Allergic Contact - etiology
Diseases of the skin. Cosmetics
Female
Hexachlorophene - adverse effects
Hexachlorophene - analysis
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Occlusive Dressings - adverse effects
Parabens - adverse effects
Parabens - analysis
Preservatives, Pharmaceutical - adverse effects
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
Skin Tests
Skin Ulcer - therapy
Human
Allergy
Skin disease
Lower limb
Leg
Dressing
Contact dermatitis
Elastic bandage
Etiology
Occlusive dressing
Ulcer
Chemical composition
Allergen
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Summary:We report the cases of four patients seen in our department since 1967 with allergic reactions to preservatives in Unna boots. The first three patients had reactions to parabens and the last had a photoallergic reaction to hexachlorophene. Preservative-free Unna boots were successfully applied to patients with allergy to parabens. A table of some currently available Unna boots, detailing their ingredients, is also presented.
ISSN:0190-9622
1097-6787
DOI:10.1016/0190-9622(95)90434-4