
Nonimmunological Contact Urticaria (NICU) due to Ethanol Containing Hand Sanitiser: A Case Report
Correspondence Address :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.
Adverse cutaneous reaction, Autoimmune urticaria, COVID-19, Prostaglandins, Urticaria
10.7860/JCDR/2021/45990.14462
Date of Submission: Jul 19, 2020
Date of Peer Review: Oct 14, 2020
Date of Acceptance: Nov 07, 2020
Date of Publishing: Jan 01, 2021
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