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Mind Map by terri.baehr, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by terri.baehr
over 9 years ago
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Irritant Contact Dermatitis
- Adaptive Responses to alterations
- Hardening of the skin after repeated exposure to the irritant
- Hardened, accommodated skin has a thicker stratum layer
- slight sheen or glossy
appearance
- small loss of elasticity
- Hardened, accommodated skin has a thicker stratum layer
- Hardening of the skin after repeated exposure to the irritant
- Risk Factors
- Occupational hazard of any
worker that handles irritants
(chemicals, detergents, soaps,
dyes, etc) or come incontact with
the environment
- Occupational hazard of any
worker that handles irritants
(chemicals, detergents, soaps,
dyes, etc) or come incontact with
the environment
- Pathophysiology
- Break in the skin barrier
- allergen binds to the
carrier protein
- The bound allergen/protein introduced to T
cells and becomes sensitized to the antigen
- Cytokines released
and dermatitis arrises
- Cytokines released
and dermatitis arrises
- The bound allergen/protein introduced to T
cells and becomes sensitized to the antigen
- allergen binds to the
carrier protein
- Break in the skin barrier
- Epidemiology
- Occupational Hazard
- repeated handwashing
- repeated skin exposure to irritants
- repeated handwashing
- Environmental Hazards
- Amount/strength of the irritant
- Length and frequency of exposure
- Skin condition (thick, thin, oily,
fair, previous damage, or
prexisting atopic tendency)
- High/low temperatures or
humidity
- Amount/strength of the irritant
- Occupational Hazard
- Clinical Presentation
- Redness
- Cracked skin
- dryness
- Inflammed
- Thickened
- Redness
- Diagnosis
- Thorough clinical examination
and history
- No specific testing for diagnosis
- Thorough clinical examination
and history
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