Contact Allergens Flashcards
Number one cause of eyelid dermatitis
Tosylamide (Nail product)
Fabric finisher causing clothing dermatitis
Formaldehyde
Clothing dye causing clothing dermatitis
Disperse dyes 106 and 124
Cause of perianal contact dermatitis
Lidocaine preservatives (MCI/MI)
MCI/MI
A preservative in lidocaine which is a common cause of perianal dermatitis
Shoe ADHESIVE that causes shoe dermatitis
Colophony
Rubber accelerator that causes shoe dermatitis
Mercaptobenzothiazole (most common!) this is a rubber accelerator
Leather that causes shoe dermatitis
Chromates
Most common substance in occupational ACD
Rubber
Are most tape reactions ACD or ICD?
ICD
What chemical sensitivity found in someone with a systemic ACD to amino Phyllis etc (theophylline)
Ethylenediamine
Most common cause of allergic shoe dermatitis
Mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT)
Most common sunscreen agent to cause photoallergic contact dermatitis
Oxybenzone (sunscreen UVA)
Number one flower that causes ACD in florists
Tulips
What do you neutralize a hydroflouric acid burn with?
Calcium Gluconate (this acid can cause damage to your bones! It is that toxic and fast acting)
What do you neutralize a phenol peel with?
65% ethyl OR isopropyl alcohol
What systemic symptoms do you get with systemic absorption of a phenol peel?
Glomerulonephritis and cardiac arrhythmias (why you have to stay in the hospital overnight) crazy
Most common irritant contact derm in florists
Daffodil (Narcissus spp). *sidenote tulips are the most common ACD, not ICD
Which plants and fruits cause an irritant dermatitis with CALCIUM OXALATE
Daffodils (narcissus)
Pineapple (ananas comosus)
Dumb cane (dieffenbachia, house plant)
Which plant/fruit/veggie cause a chemical ICD with the irritant CAPSAICIN?
Family Solanacea (hot peppers)
What type of plant is in the family Alliacea?
Garlic
Phytophotodermatitis is caused by which spectrum of light?
UVA +foucourcomarins
What two families of plants are culprits in Phytophotodermatitis?
Apiacea/Umbelliferae
*an Ape holding an Umbrella to shield it from the sun
Apiacea/Umelliferae
Two families which are culprits in phytophotodermatitis
Name examples of plants in each family: Alliacea Anacardiacea Apiaceae Asteraceae/Compositae Alstroemeriacea
Alliacea - Garlic, onion, chives
Apiaceae - parsley parsnips, celary, hogweed
Anacardiacea - poison ivy, poison sumac, poison oak
Asteraceae/compositae - chrysanthemum, ragweed, sunflower
Alstroemeriacea - tulips, Lilly’s
Alliaceae
Garlic, onions, chives
Ananas comosus
Pineapple (Irritant is Bromelin
Narcissus
Daffodils (calcium oxalate irritant)
Phorbol esters (plant irritant) examples
Poinsettas, crotons, spurges
*in milky latex - can cause temporary blindness if latex contacts eye
What irritant can cause temporary blindness?
Phorbol esters (poinsettas, spurges, crotons)
Euphorbiaceae family
Crotons
*contains phorbol esters, in latex cause temporary blindness if in contact with eye)
Crotons
Part of the Euphorbiaceae family
*Phorbol ester irritant, may cause temporary blindness in latex
Family Araceae
Dumb Cane (calcium oxalate irritant)
*dumb as an Ox, archaic like a cave man? Idk
Calcium oxalate irritant
Dumb Cane (Araceae)
Bromelin irritant
Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
*ananias brothers bro out, pineapple juicing
Phorbol esters
Plant irritant contact derm found in milky latex with Poinsettas, spurges, crotons(Euphorbiaaceae)
Crotons
Phorbol ester found in milky latex - a plant irritant
Euphorbiaceae
Crotons
Thiocyanates
Group of plant irritants that includes
Garlic (Alliaceae)
Black mustard and radish (Brassicaceae)
Garlic - plant irritant
Thiocyanate
Alliaceae
Garlic
Protoanemonin
Buttercups
Plant allergen that causes an intense linear vesiculation, but no post inflammatory hyperpigmentation
Protoanemonin (Buttercups)
*chemical Ranunculin converts to protoanemonin
Capsaicin - what family
Solanacea
What family of plants causes strummer dermatitis
Apiacea/Umbelliferae (Hogweed)
Hogweed (Heracleum) causes what kind of reaction?
Strummer dermatitis (after weedwacking)
Strimmer dermatitis cause
Hogweed (Heracleum) from the family Apiaceae
Chemical found in blue/green dyes
Glass/pottery
Cement
Cobalt
Blue/green dyes
Cobalt
Glass, pottery
Cobalt
Blue/Green dyes
Cobalt
Poral reaction
Irritant reaction with purpuric pores- found with cobalt allergy
What irritant causes the Poral reaction
Cobalt (purpuric pores)
Chemical found in wrinkle free clothing
Formaldehyde
Which fabric type has the least amount of formaldehyde in it?
Polyester *
Which fabric types have the most formaldehyde?
100% cotton or cotton/synthetic blends
2 cause of overall cosmetic-related ACD
Formaldehyde-releasing products (fragrances are #1)
1 preservative sensitizer in USA
Quaternium-15 (a formaldehyde releaser)
What type of chemical is Quaternium-15?
Formaldehyde releaser, found in cosmetics
Imidazolidinyl urea is what type of chemical?
Formaldehyde releasing preservative
PABA sunscreens block what type of light?
UVB