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. 2023 Oct 3;15(10):e46443. doi: 10.7759/cureus.46443

Table 2. Symptoms between latex and nitrile gloves.

SYMPTOMS LATEX (149) NITRILE (26)
  FEMALE (55.43%) MALE (29.72%) FEMALE (8.57%) MALE (6.28%)
  N % N % N % N %
ITCHING 36 70.58% 15 29.41% 14 63.63% 8 36.36%
ERYTHEMA 13 76.47% 4 23.52% 1 25% 3 75%
SWELLING 5 71.42% 2 28.57% nil 00% nil 00%
WHEEZING 3 100% nil 00% Nil 00% nil 00%
MORE THAN ONE SYMPTOMS 40 56.33% 31 43.66% nil 00% nil 00%