Confusion between dermatitis and anaphylaxis. Anaphylaxis is normally a
reaction to a _protein_, whereas the dermatitis, and inhalation asthma or
pulmonary edema, is a reaction to the chemical irritants. Not to minimize
the danger of inhalation asthma or edema, had a run this morning with
pulmonary edema from inhalation of bleach fumes which would certainly have
been fatal had oxygen and inhalation therapy been delayed another fifteen
minutes.

"Maxprop" wrote in message
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"Chuck" wrote in message

Topical irritation isn't indicative of a systemic reaction to an
allergen, which is what anaphylaxis is.

It's been a while since professional school, but I seem to recall that
skin
sensitivity testing is predictive of the potential for systemic
hypersensitivity. Your experience, while encouraging, may not be
conclusive. I'd use caution around those substances to which you react.