Increased Rates of Gold and Acrylate Allergy in Individuals with Fibromyalgia Tested with an Extended Dental Patch Test Series
Katharine HOPKINS, Annarita ANTELMI, Jakob DAHLIN, Karin OLSSON, Cecilia SVEDMAN, Jacqueline ÅSTRAND, Magnus BRUZE · 2023
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Katharine Hopkins and co-authors find high rates of gold and acrylate allergy in people with fibromyalgia in a 2023 study. Fibromyalgia brings widespread pain with no clear cause. Contact allergies to dental materials can cause whole-body symptoms that mimic it, yet allergy rates in this group were unstudied.
Patients were patch tested with an extended dental series and compared with dermatitis and dental control groups. Gold allergy was significantly more common in the fibromyalgia group than in either control group once testing differences were adjusted. Allergy to a common acrylate and to grouped acrylates also ran higher than in dental controls. The authors suggest heavier gold exposure or an altered mouth environment drives the sensitization, and that gold may even feed some patients' symptoms.
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| CREATOR | Katharine HOPKINS, Annarita ANTELMI, Jakob DAHLIN, Karin OLSSON, Cecilia SVEDMAN, Jacqueline ÅSTRAND, Magnus BRUZE |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |