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Dermatology

Occupational Dermatoses

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8 sections · 95 slides

  1. 01

    Overview

    What counts as an occupational skin disease, and how common it is

    • What makes a skin disease occupational
    • Four types of occupational hazard
    • History of occupational skin disease
    • How common occupational skin disease is
    • Reporting differs by medical specialty
    • Trends over the past decade
    • Clinical classification of occupational dermatoses

    7 slides

  2. 02

    Contact Dermatitis

    Irritant and allergic reactions - the most common occupational skin disease

    • Contact dermatitis: key features
    • Early descriptions of contact dermatitis
    • Who gets contact dermatitis, and where
    • Materials that cause UK contact dermatitis
    • Highest-risk UK occupations for contact dermatitis
    • How chronic irritant dermatitis develops
    • Clinical appearance and spread
    • Clues that point to an occupational cause
    • Points to consider when taking an occupational history
    • Personal protective equipment and dermatitis
    • Allergic contact dermatitis: diagnosis
    • Suggested concentrations for patch testing selected work materials
    • Suggested concentrations for patch testing selected work materials (continued)
    • Testing notes and top allergic causes
    • Irritant contact dermatitis: causes
    • Irritant vs allergic contact dermatitis
    • Chemical burns: mechanism and warning signs
    • Strong acids
    • Strong alkalis
    • Organic/inorganic chemicals, solvents and gases
    • Fiberglass dermatitis
    • Phototoxic eruptions and tar/pitch smarts
    • Mechanical injury to the skin
    • Mimics of occupational contact dermatitis
    • Hierarchy of occupational disease prevention
    • Preventing dermatitis: pre-employment and workplace measures
    • Guidelines aimed at preventing contact dermatitis
    • Treating chemical burns
    • Prognosis of occupational contact dermatitis

    29 slides

  3. 03

    Contact Urticaria

    Wheal-and-flare reactions, latex allergy, and protein contact dermatitis

    • Contact urticaria: key features
    • Recognition and occupational groups at risk
    • Occupational patterns of contact urticaria
    • Occupations at highest relative risk
    • Two mechanisms behind contact urticaria
    • What contact urticaria looks and feels like
    • Food-related contact urticaria
    • Potential cross-reactions between causes of contact urticaria
    • Latex: source and who is affected
    • How manufacturing changes latex risk
    • Latex-fruit cross-reactivity and household sources
    • Avoiding latex and managing severe reactions
    • Diagnosing suspected latex allergy
    • Prick testing for latex allergy
    • Low-molecular-weight chemical causes
    • Protein contact dermatitis
    • Confirming contact urticaria
    • Other causes of glove reactions
    • Managing contact urticaria

    19 slides

  4. 04

    Occupational Skin Cancer

    UV, ionizing radiation, and chemical carcinogens at work

    • Occupational skin cancer: key features
    • Early recognition of occupational cancer
    • How common, and who is exposed
    • High-risk occupational groups
    • How occupational cancers develop
    • Clinical clues before cancer develops
    • Pathology and treatment

    7 slides

  5. 05

    Occupational Acne

    Oil acne, acne mechanica, and chloracne from dioxin exposure

    • Occupational acne: key features
    • Chloracne: landmark events
    • Communities exposed to dioxin
    • How oil acne and chloracne develop
    • Blood dioxin levels and chloracne
    • Oil acne, tar acne, and acne mechanica
    • Acne cosmetica
    • How chloracne progresses
    • Chloracne: distinguishing features
    • Systemic signs that go with chloracne
    • Halogen-induced acne
    • Pathology and treatment of occupational acne

    12 slides

  6. 06

    Vibration White Finger

    Cold-triggered finger blanching in operators of vibrating tools

    • Vibration white finger: key features
    • First descriptions and scale of the problem
    • Exposure trends and climate
    • What causes the finger changes
    • Timing and staging of symptoms
    • More on how attacks present
    • Confirming the diagnosis
    • Distinguishing it from other cold-related conditions
    • Outlook and treatment

    9 slides

  7. 07

    Occupational Infections

    Skin infections acquired from animals, humans, and the work environment

    • Sources of occupational skin infection
    • Humidity, occlusion, and everyday infections
    • Occupational infections acquired from animals or humans with cutaneous manifestations
    • Occupational infections acquired from animals or humans with cutaneous manifestations (continued)
    • Occupational infections acquired from animals or humans with cutaneous manifestations (continued)

    5 slides

  8. 08

    Summary

    Putting the occupational dermatoses together

    • Key takeaways
    • References
    • References (continued)
    • References (continued)
    • References (continued)
    • References (continued)
    • Dermatology, 5th Edition (2-Volume Set)

    7 slides