Irritant Contact Dermatitis

Question 1

Hydrofluoric acid

Answer 1

Most severe burns

Cause liquefactive necrosis

Question 2

Sulfuric acid

Answer 2

fertilizers, textile fibers, explosives

metal cleaners, storage battery makers

Question 3

Hydrochloric acid

Answer 3

Fertilizers, dyes, paints, soap, elctroplating, oil refining

Question 4

Chromic acid

Answer 4

Chrome plating, copper stripping

“Chrome holes” in nasal septum

Question 5

Nitric acid

Answer 5

Fertilizers, explosives, cause yellow discoloration

Question 6

Acetic acid

Answer 6

Organin Acid (less irritating)
vinegar, astringent mouthwash

Question 7

Acrylic acid

Answer 7

Organin Acid (less irritating)
acrylic plastics, artificial nails, pain

Question 8

Formic acid

Answer 8

Greatest corrosive, neutralizer in leather, antiseptic in brewer

Question 9

Alkalis

Answer 9

more severe damage and more painful, necrotic skin. Saponification

Question 10

Arsenic compounds

Answer 10

Persistent folliculitis

Question 11

Beryllium compounds

Answer 11

Ulcerating granulomas

Question 12

Copper Salts

Answer 12

Green/black color in skin, hair, teeth with dust forms

Question 13

Inorganic mercury

Answer 13

Blue linear pigmentation of tongue and gums

Question 14

Selenium

Answer 14

Therapeutic shampoos, irritation and conjunctivitis

Question 15

Solvents

Answer 15

dissolve the intracellular lipid barrier of the epidermis
Irritation related to lipophilicity:
Aromatic>aliphatic>chlorinated>Turpentine>Alcohols>esters>ketones

Question 16

Degreasers flush

Answer 16

when trichloroethylene inhalation follows alcohol ingestion, areas of face neck and shoulders develop sudden erythema

Question 17

Ethylene oxide

Answer 17

oxidizing agent used for medical sterilization