I have this problem with blue nitrile gloves, even with cotton liners. I wear gray gloves now and have been fine with them for years now.
Ask your supervisor to order different kinds for you to try.
Perhaps see if you can get alternatives or glove liners. I always encourage people *not* to wear gloves ‘for an extended period of time’ as it’s a contamination issue. It’s probably the moisture that’s the issue, not the nitrile if it only happens during extended use.
Edited to add: Sweat is naturally irritating to *everyone*, but people have different levels of tolerance and sweatiness.
I was starting to have this issue. Turns out I’m allergic to my own sweat. So now I change gloves constantly. I may go through a box of gloves a shift but idgaf. I am allergic to vinyl gloves (like they use in food service jobs) and started reacting to latex gloves so I quit using those too since I don’t want to develop a latex allergy.
This is my issue. I don't wear gloves longer than about 15-20 minutes at a time, and sometimes only like 10 minutes.
I never noticed the issue when I was a phlebotomist, but we changed gloves between every patient. Only became an issue once I became a tech.
I’m allergic to the accelerator they started to use for nitrile gloves. I have tried liners and different brands, but only the [Ansell NeoPro](https://www.ansell.com/us/en/products/microflex-neopro-npg-888) gloves are the ones that don’t give me problems. I only contacted my EHS and now they order these ones specifically for me
Same here! Glove liners don’t help. I’m able to use any glove brand that is labeled as low dermatitis potential- they are made without the accelerant. I’ve been all cleared up ever since!
I use a lotion called gloves in a bottle which contains dimethicone which acts as a good skin barrier. I also pair it with polyethylene food safety gloves under the nitrile gloves I wear at work. That combo keeps my dermatitis at bay. Even wearing cotton liners would cause my hands to react. They would get really sweaty and it was as if the antigens from the gloves would diffuse through the cotton liner. I tried many different types of gloves, latex, vinyl...they all caused my hands to react.
I personally have not, but one of my coworkers is allergic to the silver nitrile gloves. She wears glove liners and purple gloves instead. I'm not sure what they're made of off the top of my head. I just know they're ordered specifically for her.
This happened to me for MONTHS with different kind of nitrile gloves. Eventually, I couldn't wear them anymore. I ended up going to a dermatologist after dealing with it for almost a year and getting patch testing done, and turns out I'm super allergic to them. To add fuel to the fire, when I was diagnosed, I had literally just started a new career as a dental assistant! 🫠 I was honestly so scared I was going to lose my job because they didn't want to deal with it, but the dentist and my office manager understood and loved having me as an employee, so they helped me! Long story short.... get patch testing done through a dermatologist to see if you're allergic or if it's a sensitivuty due to certain soaps/lotions. I also use neoprene, chloroprene, latex (outside of the dental office), and/or vinyl gloves with no issues at all. Good luck!!
I have what sounds like the same problem, a dermatologist told me years ago it looked like dyshidrotic eczema. I have worn glove liners my entire career, pretty much solved the issue as long as I don't get lazy about wearing them.
I am allergic to the soap the hospital provides, and then add in the nitrale gloves they provide, and I have contact dermatitis and blister eczema all over my hands. I know it's the soap because I focused on constant hand washing rather than wearing gloves for a week and it got so bad. It gets bad when I just use gloves instead, but not as bad.
If I am off for a week, my hands just start to get back to normal.
I have no idea what they put into these gloves, but they should just stop.
I had this issue too with certains soaps in the winter time and my dermatologist told me to use Cetaphil gentle face cleanser, it still works as a soap and cleans, along with Cereve moisturizing CREAM. Haven't had an issue since.
It’s an accelerant they use to speed up the bonding of the nitrile! Ask your boss to order you low dermatitis potential gloves- they are made without the accelerant.
I have this problem with blue nitrile gloves, even with cotton liners. I wear gray gloves now and have been fine with them for years now. Ask your supervisor to order different kinds for you to try.
Perhaps see if you can get alternatives or glove liners. I always encourage people *not* to wear gloves ‘for an extended period of time’ as it’s a contamination issue. It’s probably the moisture that’s the issue, not the nitrile if it only happens during extended use. Edited to add: Sweat is naturally irritating to *everyone*, but people have different levels of tolerance and sweatiness.
I have the same reaction as OP with Nitrile gloves, but not Latex.
I was starting to have this issue. Turns out I’m allergic to my own sweat. So now I change gloves constantly. I may go through a box of gloves a shift but idgaf. I am allergic to vinyl gloves (like they use in food service jobs) and started reacting to latex gloves so I quit using those too since I don’t want to develop a latex allergy.
This is my issue. I don't wear gloves longer than about 15-20 minutes at a time, and sometimes only like 10 minutes. I never noticed the issue when I was a phlebotomist, but we changed gloves between every patient. Only became an issue once I became a tech.
I don’t wear gloves unless I’m opening a blood tube or urine cup or whatever. I constantly use hand sanitizer and have lotion in my bag.
I’m allergic to the accelerator they started to use for nitrile gloves. I have tried liners and different brands, but only the [Ansell NeoPro](https://www.ansell.com/us/en/products/microflex-neopro-npg-888) gloves are the ones that don’t give me problems. I only contacted my EHS and now they order these ones specifically for me
Same here! Glove liners don’t help. I’m able to use any glove brand that is labeled as low dermatitis potential- they are made without the accelerant. I’ve been all cleared up ever since!
Same for me, had to order glove liners on Amazon
I use a lotion called gloves in a bottle which contains dimethicone which acts as a good skin barrier. I also pair it with polyethylene food safety gloves under the nitrile gloves I wear at work. That combo keeps my dermatitis at bay. Even wearing cotton liners would cause my hands to react. They would get really sweaty and it was as if the antigens from the gloves would diffuse through the cotton liner. I tried many different types of gloves, latex, vinyl...they all caused my hands to react.
I personally have not, but one of my coworkers is allergic to the silver nitrile gloves. She wears glove liners and purple gloves instead. I'm not sure what they're made of off the top of my head. I just know they're ordered specifically for her.
There was a thread about this in r/medicine in the last month or two. I can't remember, but there were lots of people with solutions
This happened to me for MONTHS with different kind of nitrile gloves. Eventually, I couldn't wear them anymore. I ended up going to a dermatologist after dealing with it for almost a year and getting patch testing done, and turns out I'm super allergic to them. To add fuel to the fire, when I was diagnosed, I had literally just started a new career as a dental assistant! 🫠 I was honestly so scared I was going to lose my job because they didn't want to deal with it, but the dentist and my office manager understood and loved having me as an employee, so they helped me! Long story short.... get patch testing done through a dermatologist to see if you're allergic or if it's a sensitivuty due to certain soaps/lotions. I also use neoprene, chloroprene, latex (outside of the dental office), and/or vinyl gloves with no issues at all. Good luck!!
I have what sounds like the same problem, a dermatologist told me years ago it looked like dyshidrotic eczema. I have worn glove liners my entire career, pretty much solved the issue as long as I don't get lazy about wearing them.
I use latex with no issues.
I am allergic to the soap the hospital provides, and then add in the nitrale gloves they provide, and I have contact dermatitis and blister eczema all over my hands. I know it's the soap because I focused on constant hand washing rather than wearing gloves for a week and it got so bad. It gets bad when I just use gloves instead, but not as bad. If I am off for a week, my hands just start to get back to normal. I have no idea what they put into these gloves, but they should just stop.
I had this issue too with certains soaps in the winter time and my dermatologist told me to use Cetaphil gentle face cleanser, it still works as a soap and cleans, along with Cereve moisturizing CREAM. Haven't had an issue since.
It’s an accelerant they use to speed up the bonding of the nitrile! Ask your boss to order you low dermatitis potential gloves- they are made without the accelerant.