People who have a repeated contact with tulips may develop an allergic contract dermatitis called "tulip fingers".
Key allergen: tuliposide A
Clinical features of tulip fingers:
(1) The person has had repeated contact with tulip bulbs, often related to work (occupational).
(2) The person develops a contact dermatitis on the fingers, palms and on any area where there is contact with tulip bulbs.
(3) The person may have positive allergy test to tulip antigens (patch test, other).
(4) The signs and symptoms improve when skin contact with tulips is interrupted (as by wearing gloves) and get worse after there is a new contact. This pattern may be obscured if the person has multiple allergies.
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