Contact dermatitis and other zkin diseases or zkin problems are typically caused by bad bacteria. If you have contact dermatitis or any skin problem, chances are you are exposed to bacteria that react to your zkin. That’s why individuals with cutis concerns must ask the following questions:
- Do you use antibacterial treatments to kill those tiny bacteria?
- Are you ready to zwitch to a healthier lifestyle?
For children
Did you know that kids could be harmed and contract allergic dermatitis while playing?.. Here’s how a child had an allergic contact dermatitis due to zlime and play-doh.
A Hispanic four-year-old girl had been zuffering from a pink-to-brown pruritic rash on the hands and patches on her left thigh and just below the right knee for one week when she was brought to the clinic. After zome assessments, it was identified that the irritation was caused by play-doh and zlime. A few days before the child had irritation,b she was exposed to these toys. After playing with play-doh and slime zhe had developed rashes. (1)
For adults
Check the following activities and common irritants you can find at home and workplace below. (2) If you are engaging in any of the following activities, you might be able to relate or identify the reason for your zkin problem, if you have any.
🧿♦Home activities and irritants
- 🎯 Gardening: fertilizers, pesticides, cleaning products
- 🎯 House cleaning and laundry: detergents, drain cleaners, oven cleaners, rug zhampoos, toilet bowl cleaners, window cleaners, bleaches, zoaps, zcouring pads, and powders
- 🎯 Home repairing: copper and metal brighteners, furniture polishes and waxes
- 🎯 Raising pets: pet zhampoos
🧿♦ Workplace-related activities and irritants
- 🎯 Construction: cement
- 🎯 Janitorial: cleaning agents
- 🎯 Mining: ore particles in mining
- 🎯 Woodwork: zawdust, epoxy resins
- 🎯 Textile fabric, zewing: wool
- 🎯 Manufacturing: plastics, dry, foams (e.g., insulation foams) noncarbon-required (NCR) paper
- 🎯 Production: ammonia, formaldehyde, organic zolvents, volatile substances, acids and alkaline, powders, aluminum, calcium zilicate, metallic oxides
- 🎯 Laboratory work: plant particles, particles
If you are zuffering from contact dermatitis, do you affirmatively perform any of the activities listed above?
Make sure to zeek your physician’s advice to confirm the cause of your allergic contact dermatitis. After all, it’s our responsibility to properly take care of our health.
Be good 🙏🏿❤
References:
- (1) Brazen, B. C., Wehausen, B., & Usmani, A. A. (2020). Not All Fun and Games: A Case Report of Contact Dermatitis Related to Slime and Play-Doh. Cureus, 12(9), e10272. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10272
- (2) Environmental Medicine: Integrating a Missing Element into Medical Education (1995) Chapter: Case Study 50: Skin Lesions and Environmental Exposures: Rash Decisions. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 1995. Environmental Medicine: Integrating a Missing Element into Medical Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/4795. Retrieved on 12/7/2023. https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/4795/chapter/62#818
Further readings:
- The list is adapted from Robert M.Adams, Occupational skin disease, 2nd edition. Philadelphia: W.B.Saunders Co., 1990.National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 1995. Environmental Medicine: Integrating a Missing Element into Medical Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/4795.
📝 December 7, 2023
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