PT Journal AU Klusáčková, P Lebedová, J Pelclová, D Šalandová, J Šenholdová, Z Navrátil, T TI Occupational asthma and rhinitis in workers from a lasamide production line SO Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health PD 2VL PY 2007 BP 74 EP 78 IS 1 DI 10.5271/sjweh.1067 WP https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=1067 DE 2,4-dichloro-5-chlorsulfonylbenzoic acid; 2,4-dichloro-5-sulfamoylbenzoic acid; bronchoconstriction; case report; furosemide; lasamide production worker; occupational asthma; rhinitis; rhinomanometry; specific test SN 0355-3140 AB '

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OBJECTIVES ': 'A wide range of low-molecular-weight agents can cause occupational asthma. The chemical industry is an environment in which numerous hazardous substances are used. Lasamide (2,4-dichloro-5-sulfamoylbenzoic acid) is one of them (along with its precursors).

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METHODS ': 'Five patients from a lasamide production line with suspected occupational asthma and rhinitis were examined. During the first visit, skin prick tests, total immunoglobulin E (IgE), a nonspecific bronchoprovocation test, and specific bronchoprovocation tests using occupational agents were performed to confirm the diagnosis of allergic diseases. During the follow-up visit (1–3 years after removal from exposure), all of the tests (except the specific bronchoprovocation test) were performed again.

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RESULTS ': 'At the first hospitalization, the total IgE levels were increased in three patients. In addition, skin prick tests and the nonspecific bronchoprovocation test were positive for three patients. After the specific bronchoprovocation test, serious bronchoconstriction occurred in three patients; symptoms of rhinitis were present in all five patients. Several years after removal from exposure to the occupational agents, normalization (with respect to the parameters followed) was not yet complete for all of the patients.

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CONCLUSIONS ': 'The process of lasamide production seems to be hazardous and is likely to cause allergic respiratory disease. The prognosis of allergic diseases caused by these products is not very favorable. Allergic symptoms (despite the removal from occupational allergen exposure) persisted even after several years

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