grocer's itch

Japanese: grocer's itch(英語表記)grocersitch
grocer's itch

…Acarid mites are not only pests that infest food, but can also directly cause disease in humans. Examples of dermatitis include vanillism, copra itch, baker's itch, and grocer's itch, which occur in people who handle vanilla beans, palm copra, flour, and other dried goods, and are all known to be caused by acarid mites or the cheyletid mites that prey on them. Examples of human internal mites include intestinal acariasis, which causes digestive disorders such as diarrhea and abdominal pain, urinary acariasis, which shows nephritis-like symptoms with hematuria as the main symptom, and pulmonary acariasis, which causes bronchitis or asthma symptoms along with dust mites. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "grocer's itch" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…コナダニ類は食品に発生する害虫であるばかりでなく,ヒトに直接病害を及ぼすことがある。皮膚炎としてバニラ皮膚炎vanillism,コプラ皮膚炎copra itch,パン屋皮膚炎baker’s itch,乾物屋皮膚炎grocer’s itchなどがあり,これら皮膚炎はバニラ豆,ヤシのコプラ,小麦粉その他の乾物を扱う人々に発生し,いずれもコナダニ類やそれを捕食するツメダニ類によることが知られている。人体内ダニ症としては消化器障害として下痢,腹痛を起こす消化器ダニ症intestinal acariasis,血尿を主徴とした腎炎様症状を示す泌尿器ダニ症urinary acariasisおよびチリダニ類とともに気管支炎あるいは喘息(ぜんそく)症状を起こす呼吸器ダニ症pulmonary acariasisなどが知られている。…

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