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Health Q&A: Is Dermatitis a Reaction to Wine?
Posted: September 6, 2007
Q: My husband drinks wine and has for years. He has developed a dermatitis condition recently and we were wondering if this could be caused by an allergic reaction to wine?
A: Pamela Georgeson, president and CEO of the Kenwood Allergy and Asthma Center in Chesterfield Township, Mich., responds:
"Typically, people aren't allergic to wine, and I've never seen anything in our allergy database about a dermatitis-type reaction to wine. However, anything is possible. Unfortunately, there is no real test that can determine whether one is allergic to wine. He could avoid drinking wine for a couple of weeks, and if he still has the dermatitis, then that would tell you wine is not the cause."
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