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Meeting personal needs: hygiene
Published in Nicola Neale, Joanne Sale, Developing Practical Nursing Skills, 2022
Toiletries such as antiperspirant or body spray can be applied as wished by the person. If a person is sweating excessively, putting gauze under the breasts or between the folds can help to prevent heat rash and help to keep the area dry. The areas must be closely monitored for any abrasions or rashes.
Water and hydration in the workplace *
Published in Jamie Bartram, Rachel Baum, Peter A. Coclanis, David M. Gute, David Kay, Stéphanie McFadyen, Katherine Pond, William Robertson, Michael J. Rouse, Routledge Handbook of Water and Health, 2015
Heat rash (also known as prickly heat) often occurs in hot, humid environments where sweat does not easily evaporate from the skin. The sweat ducts become clogged, resulting in a rash. Taking frequent breaks in a cool place during the work day and bathing and drying the skin regularly can help to prevent heat rash.
The Histopathology of Eczema
Published in Donald Rudikoff, Steven R. Cohen, Noah Scheinfeld, Atopic Dermatitis and Eczematous Disorders, 2014
Cynthia M. Magro, A. Neil Crowson, Molly E. Dyrsen, Martin C. Mihm
In the setting of miliaria crystalline, the clinical concomitant is that of 1- to 2-mm vesicles filled with clear fluid and unaccompanied by erythema; these are asymptomatic lesions that occur typically on the trunk (Arpey et al. 1992). Miliaria rubra or prickly heat rash produces 1- to 2-mm erythematous papules and vesicles on the trunk and groin associated with a prickly sensation. The pathophysiology may involve production of toxins by coagulase-negative staphylococci which damage the ductal epithelium (Mowad et al. 1995).
A review of construction workforce health challenges and strategies in extreme weather conditions
Published in International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 2023
Sanjgna Karthick, Sharareh Kermanshachi, Apurva Pamidimukkala, Mostafa Namian
Sultana et al. [25] explored health problems faced by women working on construction sites in extremely hot temperatures and found that they exhibited several forms of dermatitis: heat rash (HP8), redness and itchy skin. Hot weather also increases the incidence of injuries and accidents that can result in burns, wounds and even amputations (HP3) [14]. Some of the health problems caused by working in hot weather include heat cramps, edema and chronic kidney disease [18]. Heat cramps (HP4) are usually experienced by workers who sweat less after performing heavy manual work and who do not have enough electrolytes in the bodies; they usually occur when the worker is at rest, after working. Heat edema (HP5) develops in workers who stand for long periods of time [22,23,26] and heat strokes and exposure to high temperatures make workers four times as susceptible to chronic kidney disease (HP6) [27]. Table 3 presents the physical challenges that workers endure while working in extremely hot weather.
Paraviral cutaneous manifestations associated to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant
Published in Infectious Diseases, 2023
Luisa Zupin, Chiara Moltrasio, Paola Maura Tricarico, Cecilia Del Vecchio, Francesco Fontana, Angelo Valerio Marzano, Sergio Crovella
Recent reports indicate skin manifestations after infection with the Omicron strain, that can persist for several days; unlike what it has been observed with the other variants where six main COVID-19–related cutaneous phenotypes have been described [10], Omicron-related skin manifestations seem to mainly include two types of skin rash: urticarial rash and prickly heat rash. Urticarial rash has been reported as a precocious clinical finding among adult COVID-19 patients [11], as well as in children [12]; skin lesions often appeared before the systemic symptoms while other ones in concomitant with these [13]. In the largest case series available in the literature [10,14,15], the clinical features were defined as urticarial but the duration of individual lesions (i.e. more or less than 24 h) was not clearly defined. In the study by Marzano et al. [10], urticarial eruptions were defined as urticarial – more than 24 h in duration – in agreement with the classical definition [16]. Prickly heat rash, also known as miliaria, is a common skin eruption, that tends to be most found on elbows, knees and the backs of hands and feet, and is caused by a backflow of eccrine sweat into the dermis or epidermis; this backflow results in an itchy rash manifesting as sweat-filled vesicles (miliaria cristallina) or small erythematous papules (miliaria rubra); the eruption was reported as usually self-limited [17].
Use of the heat tolerance test to assess recovery from exertional heat stroke
Published in Temperature, 2019
Katherine M. Mitchell, Samuel N. Cheuvront, Michelle A. King, Thomas A. Mayer, Lisa R. Leon, Robert W. Kenefick
The combination of increased metabolic heat production and exposure to hot environmental conditions increases susceptibility to exertional heat illness. There can be confusion regarding the relationship among the categories of heat illnesses (exhaustion, injury, and stroke). It is important to understand that one illness does not “progress” into the next (Figure 1). However, within each category of illness, there is a spectrum of severity which can contribute to difficulty in diagnosis because signs and symptoms of each illness can overlap. True forms of heat illness include heat exhaustion, heat injury, and heat stroke. Less severe conditions, such as miliaria rubra (heat rash) and heat syncope are often inappropriately grouped with other heat related illnesses because of their tendency to occur in warm environments. Heat exhaustion is generally thought of as a moderate form of heat illness in which elevated body temperature and reduced organ perfusion result in fatigue. Organ damage and central nervous system dysfunction with heat exhaustion are absent or extremely mild and recovery occurs rapidly with the cessation of heat stress. Exertional heat injury is a more severe form of heat illness that presents with reversible organ damage. The most severe, and potentially lethal, form of heat injury is heat stroke, which is characterized by profound central nervous system dysfunction in combination with severe hyperthermia and often with end organ damage.