{"id":26299,"date":"2025-09-22T18:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T22:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/?p=26299"},"modified":"2025-09-22T18:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T22:03:10","slug":"thimerosal-allergy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/22\/thimerosal-allergy\/","title":{"rendered":"Thimerosal Allergy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thimerosal is a chemical preservative that contains ethylmercury and thiosalicylate. It is a light colored crystalline powder that is found in\u00a0personal care<\/a>\u00a0products, make up and childhood vaccines. It is also found in ophthalmic and otolaryngolic medications, antitoxins, topical and intramuscular steroid preparations as well as intradermal tests.<\/p>\n

The use of thimerosal in children and adults with\u00a0autism<\/a>\u00a0can produce unwanted side effects and patients and their families should communicate their desire for alternative means of immunization. Physicians also usually recommend that siblings of those with\u00a0autism<\/a>\u00a0take the same precautions. People who suffer from\u00a0autism<\/a>\u00a0should also keep thimerosal out of their\u00a0personal care<\/a>\u00a0products, make up and any other medications such as eye drops or throat sprays.<\/p>\n

Common places this preservative is found include but is not limited to:
\neye ointments
\ncontact lens solutions
\neye drops
\nantibiotic ointments
\nantitoxins
\ncosmetics<\/a>
\nmake up removers
\neye moisturizers
\nsoap free cleansers
\nnose drops
\ntuberculin testing
\ndesensitization solutions<\/p>\n

According to the North American Contact\u00a0Dermatitis<\/a>\u00a0Group a Thimerosal Allergy is the fifth most common allergen that affects people in the United States.<\/p>\n

While completely removing thimerosal from the individual environment may be almost impossible it is possible to reduce the daily exposure by using make up,\u00a0cosmetics<\/a>, make up removers and contact lens solutions without the chemical.<\/p>\n

A thimerosal allergy is often found only on the skin. Patients who have allergic reactions to the chemical may find that they develop a rash around an injection site or have a severe\u00a0conjunctivitis<\/a>\u00a0from the preservative found in their contact lens solution.<\/p>\n

There are groups of people who appear to be more at risk to a thimerosal allergy. These include women, cooks, and healthcare workers. The increased thimerosal allergy reactions in these groups maybe because of the increased exposure. Women often use make up and contact lens solutions with the preservative and cooks and healthcare workers are often exposed through the immunizations they are required to receive for their work.<\/p>\n

Thimerosal is also known as Mercuochrome, Merzonin, Merthiolate, Mertorgan, Sodium ethylmercurithiosalicylate, Merfamin, Thiomersal, Thiomersalan, and Thiomersalate. This isnt a comprehensive list of the various chemical names used for this preservative.<\/p>\n

Although there may not be obvious allergic reactions, or side effects, of the use of this preservative in people who arent allergic the question remains what reactions are being initiated in the bodies of adults and children who are exposed to this preservative in their antibiotics, immunizations and\u00a0personal care<\/a>\u00a0products?<\/p>\n

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Thimerosal is a chemical preservative that contains ethylmercury and thiosalicylate. It is a light colored crystalline powder that is found in\u00a0personal care\u00a0products, make up and childhood vaccines. It is also found in ophthalmic and otolaryngolic medications, antitoxins, topical and intramuscular steroid preparations as well as intradermal tests. The use of thimerosal in children and adults […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-childrens-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26299\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}