Non-immunological Contact Urticaria
(NICU) due to Ethanol Containing
Hand Sanitiser: A Case Report
Published: January 1, 2021 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2021/45990.14462
Shashank Bansod
, Bhushan Madke
Doctor, Department of Dermatology, Consultant Dermatologist, Hi-Tech Skin Clinic and Hair Transplant Centre, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
2. Professor and Head, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi Meghe, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Shashank Bansod,
Doctor, Department of Dermatology, Consultant Dermatologist, Hi-Tech Skin Clinic and Hair Transplant Centre, Vijay Bhawan, Opposite Lokmat Building, Dhantoli, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
E-mail: hitech.skin@yahoo.com
Contact Urticaria (CU) is a wheal and flare reaction, occurring within few minutes to hours of contact to an external agent over skin or mucosa. Depending on underlying pathophysiology, CU is of two types: immunological CU and nonimmunological CU. Use of hand sanitisers has increased multifold in this COVID-19 pandemic, due to increased awareness regarding maintaining a good hygiene to reduce the transmission of infection. Our present case is a 24-year-old man, who overzealously added ethanol-based hand sanitiser to his bathing water on the advice of a general physician and after bathing developed redness, swelling and itching on various body parts. A diagnosis of Nonimmunological CU (NICU) due to ethanol in sanitiser was made, based on history and clinical examination.
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