STUDIES ON SKIN IRRITATION WITH URO-STOMY

Skin bridge loop stomy - operative technique.

Small bowel or colon loop stomy is performed in case of surgery, due to mechanical ileus or when there is risk of leakage below the anastomosis. Loop stomy is usually a temporary stoma, although in selected cases it might become definitive. It is assumed that each stoma should be supplied in stomy equipment during the surgical porocedure. In most centers, the most common method to maintain the ...

Skin irritation and corrosion.

Khaki Drill and Skin Irritation

Sir,?The following facts may possibly be of interest to your readers and of use in cases similar to my own. For several years I suffered from an irritating skin disease which, without pathological examination of scrapings, was diagnosed variously as " tinea" or "lichen." Various doctors prescribed various ointments ?chrysarobin, benzoic, resorcin, salicylic, etc., etc., and iodine liniment, all...

Subgroup 2 . Skin Irritation / Corrosion

ECVAM, Institute for Health & Consumer Protection, European Commission Joint Research Centre, 21020 Ispra (VA), Italy; EVIC FRANCE,33290 Blanquefort, France; Syngenta, Central Toxicology Laboratory, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TJ, UK; SEAC, Unilever Colworth Laboratory, Sharnbrook Bedfordshire MK44 1LQ,,UK; ZEBET BfR, Diedersdorfer Weg 1, 12277 Berlin, Germany; TNO Nutrition & F...

Skin irritation and sensitization: mechanisms and new approaches for risk assessment. 1. Skin irritation.

Cutaneous irritation presents a major health problem with serious social and occupational impact. The interaction between an irritant and the human skin depends on multiple factors: the intrinsic properties and the nature of the irritant itself, and specific individual- and environment-related variables. The main pathological mechanisms of irritancy include skin barrier disruption, induction of...