Self-treatment with bleach by a Latino farmworker

Skin disease is common among migrant Latino farmworkers. These workers rarely use formal health care services but commonly engage in self-treatment of their skin disease. We present a patient with dermatitis who self-treated with bleach. This patient illustrates a common practice that exacerbates sk...

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Published inDermatitis Vol. 19; no. 2; p. 102
Main Authors Cathcart, Shelley, Feldman, Steven R, Vallejos, Quirina M, Whalley, Lara E, Quandt, Sara A, Cabral, Gonzalo, Brooks, Thanh, Earp, Patricia, Fleischer, Jr, Alan B, Schulz, Mark R, Arcury, Thomas A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.03.2008
Subjects
Agricultural Workers' Diseases - pathology
Agricultural Workers' Diseases - therapy
Attitude to Health - ethnology
Dermatitis, Contact - pathology
Dermatitis, Contact - therapy
Dermatitis, Irritant - ethnology
Dermatitis, Irritant - etiology
Dermatitis, Irritant - pathology
Detergents - administration & dosage
Detergents - adverse effects
Hispanic Americans
Humans
Male
Medicine, Traditional
Middle Aged
Self Medication - adverse effects
Self Medication - methods
Sodium Hypochlorite - administration & dosage
Sodium Hypochlorite - adverse effects
Transients and Migrants
United States
United States
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Summary:Skin disease is common among migrant Latino farmworkers. These workers rarely use formal health care services but commonly engage in self-treatment of their skin disease. We present a patient with dermatitis who self-treated with bleach. This patient illustrates a common practice that exacerbates skin disease and sheds light on social and cultural factors of which health care providers serving this community should be aware.
ISSN:2162-5220
DOI:10.2310/6620.2008.07006