Chemical weapons may trigger vernal conjunctivitis in snscep live subjects three case report

Six atopic patients have shown new allergic reactions after exposure to chemical weapons, three of them as vernal conjunctivitis. ELISA titers for allergen- specific IgE and skinprick test [for common enviromental allergens] were used. According to our observations, it has been supposed that chemical weapons may trigger some related mechanism especially in the eyes in atopic patients due to their genetic and physiopathological characteristics