Dermatological manual of outdoor hazards

Dermatological manual of outdoor hazards / Julian Trevino, Amy Y-Y Chen, editors.

This book comprehensively covers the knowledge and skills that physicians, medical students and mid-level providers (physician assistants and nurse practitioners) need in order to care for patients with plant or arthropod exposures. It presents the epidemiology, pathogenesis and clinical manifestati...

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Other Authors: Trevino, Julian (Editor), Chen, Amy Y-Y (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2020.
Subjects:
Skin > Inflammation > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Skin > Diseases > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Skin > Diseases
Skin > Inflammation
handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
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Table of Contents:
  • Section 1: Introduction
  • General introduction, including cutaneous clinical reaction, factors influencing reactions to plant and arthropods exposures
  • Morphology and diagnostic techniques
  • Section 2: Plants
  • Plant-induced urticaria
  • Irritant dermatitis (chemical, mechanical) due to plants
  • Phytophotodermatitis
  • Allergic contact dermatitis due to plants
  • Section 3: Arthropods
  • Arachnida class: spiders (may not talk about scorpions)
  • Arachnida class: ticks
  • Arachnida class: mites
  • Insecta class: beetles, bees, wasp, ants
  • Insecta class: caterpillars, butterflies, moths
  • Insecta class: flies and mosquitos
  • Diplopoda class (millipede)
  • Chilopoda class (centipede)
  • Insect repellents and adjunctive measures to prevent arthropod exposures. Section 4: Environmental hazards
  • Temperature
  • Sun.

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