According to international and domestic studies, it has been found that
factors contributed to Contact Dermatitis are divided into the following categories:
1. Personal factors such as age, gender and personal sickness. As for age,
higher prevalent rate of sickness was much higher among young people with less
working experiences than those with more working experiences. Regarding gender,
statistic revealed higher chance of sickness among female because their works such as
housework exposed them frequently to irritated substances. As for those with allergic
history, such as atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis and allergic conjunctivitis, atopic
dermatitis is the most concern due to dry skin, red rashes. The parasite occurred from
irregular secretion of T helper 2 (TH2) cell, causing it to build interleukin 4 and
increasing IgE. Reaction between Anigen and Antibody caused mast cell to release
more Histamine and dry skin could cause by irregular ceramide secretion in stratum
corneum together with losing more water through epidermis.
House chores-related factors from daily using household irritated
substances such as detergent, and dishwashing liquid which may cause skin irritation
without proper use or worsen the existing skin disease.
4. Environmental factors, seasons change, heavy perspiration from hot
weather make the skin dry become ill ,but cold weather can dry the skin.