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This patient information on
Potassium Dichromate is provided by John L. Meisenheimer, M.D. a board certified Dermatologist
and skin care specialist based in Orlando, Florida. This information is
not intended as a substitute for the medical advice or treatment of a dermatologist or other
physician.
The results from your patch testing showed a positive reaction (contact allergy)
to Potassium Dichromate. Your immune system reacts with its defense mechanisms
with each exposure of Potassium Dichromate to your skin. It is unknown why
certain individuals develop allergic sensitivities. In some it may take repeat
exposures over long periods of time before an allergy develops. Once you have
become sensitized (allergic) your immune system always "remembers" and you will
be Potassium Dichromate sensitive. If you currently have eczema this chemical
may be the cause but other factors may play a role as well. The information
below will help you avoid this allergen.
Chrome is a metal used in the manufacturing of chrome steel and stainless
steel. Other frequent sources of skin contact are concrete cement and leather
products.
Where is chemical found?
►Alloys of metallurgy
►Adhesives
►Anticorrosive in antifreeze, oils and
paints.
►Automobile
►Bleach
►Blue prints
►Bricks
►Catgut sutures
►Cement
►Ceramics
►Chrome plating
►Chrome steel
►Chromium picolinate
►Copy paper
►Dental implants
►Detergents
►Drywall
►Electroplating
►Electric batteries
►Engraving and lithography
►Eye shadow
►Fireworks
►Floor wax
►Foundries (added to sand for bricks)
►Glue
►Green dyes
►Ink
►Mascara
►Matches
►Metalurgy (alloys)
►Milk testing
►Mortar
►Orthopedic
►Pacemaker wires
►Paint (esp. green, orange, yellow)
►Photography (color developing)
►Pigments
►Plaster
►Pool table felt
►Safety matches
►Shoe polish
►Stainless steel
►Tanning of leather
►Tattoos (Green)
►Textile dyes (military green)
►TV manufacturing
►Vitamin supplements
►Welding
►Wood preservative
Hints on avoiding chemical:
►Always Check product labels and use only
ingredient labeled products that do not list this chemical or its synonyms.
►Avoid leather products such as shoes
belts, gloves and etc… Vegetables tanned leather is okay.
►Choose products listed only on your
personalized contact allergen database, which has been provided to you. Products
listed on your contact allergen resource database will be free of Potassium
Dichromate and safe to use.
►It may take 2 to 3 weeks of avoiding
exposure before improvement of your eruption begins.
►Persistence of eczema in Potassium
Dichromate sensitive people can occur for long periods even after exposure has
stopped.
Possible Occupational Exposures:
Construction workers
Leather workers
Laboratory Technologists
Printing Machine operators
Metal plating
Machine operators
Photo engraves
Janitors
Other names you may see this chemical listed as:
Chromate
Chrome
Chromite
Chromium
Chromium oxide
Potassium dichromate
Potassium bichromate
© John L. Meisenheimer, M.D.
2004 WWW.OrlandoSkinDoc.com
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