TIL that in industrialized countries, the most widespread contact allergy is to nickel, impacting 8-19% of adults and 8-10% of children, with women being 4-10 times more likely to be affected than men

artillect@kbin.social · 1 year ago

TIL that in industrialized countries, the most widespread contact allergy is to nickel, impacting 8-19% of adults and 8-10% of children, with women being 4-10 times more likely to be affected than men

AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social · 1 year ago

Traded a pipe for a watch in 6th grade, I was allergic to nickel and he broke the pipe the first day he had it. Tragic really.

Devi@kbin.social · 1 year ago

I feel like it can’t be that extreme between men and women but I’m guessing women are more likely to know. Men wear less jewellery and it tends to be not cheap fashion jewellery.

Labonnie@feddit.de · 1 year ago

It’s not always jewelry. I recently bought a new belt and after half a day my skin was extremely red and irritated.

Labonnie@feddit.de · 1 year ago

Yep. One of them.

Clithzby@kbin.social · 1 year ago

One of us!

TIL that in industrialized countries, the most widespread contact allergy is to nickel, impacting 8-19% of adults and 8-10% of children, with women being 4-10 times more likely to be affected than men

TIL that in industrialized countries, the most widespread contact allergy is to nickel, impacting 8-19% of adults and 8-10% of children, with women being 4-10 times more likely to be affected than men

Nickel allergy - Wikipedia