Allergic reaction to latex-free gloves
I’ve been using latex-free gloves for a couple years. About 1 1/2 months ago, I started to get some itchy spots on my hands. I thought it was the new gloves we had just gotten. A coupe of the spots got pretty nasty, looking like a fungal infection, so I treated it over the couple weeks I took off for Christmas and got them to resolve, and ordered new gloves. The ones I was reacting to were polychloroprene and the new ones (and the ones I had before) were polyisoprene. However, now I’m...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - January 16, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: callmeanesthesia Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums
candida fungal infection with stimulator
Had a weird case a couple of weeks ago. My partner, who is an outstanding technical surgeon for implants (one of the best I have seen) had a stim follow up while he was on vacation. The wounds were dehiscing and the incisions looked odd (my partner has had only two infections over a 25 year career, so he is pretty damn good). I took her to the OR and removed the stim, packing the incisions open. Initial cultures were negative, but eventually grew candida. This patient was a diabetic with a...
candida fungal infection with stimulator (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - February 20, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: hawkeye2009 Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums
