Skin rashes, itching, or swelling from wearing clothes with elastics next to your skin, such as a bra or underwear. Contact an allergist or healthcare professionals immediately to determine the cause of the allergy. You should tell the healthcare professionals before you receive care, so that products that don't contain latex can be used for your care. This would be difficult because there is not always a latex free substitution for a product. In some instances, it would also be very expensive.
Most people have no problems, and use latex products all their life.
However, for some people who have developed this allergy, latex-free products are the only solution. The only way to truly prevent latex allergies from occurring is avoiding products that contain latex. Latex allergy can be prevented by protecting workers from latex exposure. They should also advise their physicians and dentists so that they can decide if alternate products should be used in any treatment that normally requires the use of rubber products. Copyright 2001 Medtexx Partners, Inc.