Self-Treatment with Bleach by a Latino Farmworker
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Mark R. Schulz, Assistant Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Skin disease is common among migrant Latino farmworkers. These workers rarely use formal health care services but commonly
engage in self-treatment of their skin disease. We present a patient with dermatitis who self-treated with bleach. This patient
illustrates a common practice that exacerbates skin disease and sheds light on social and cultural factors of which health care
providers serving this community should be aware.
Self-Treatment with Bleach by a Latino Farmworker
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dermatitis, Vol 19, No 2 (March/April), 2008: pp 102–104
- Language: English
- Date: 2008
- Keywords
- Skin disease, Farm workers, Migrant workers, Latino, Self-treatment, Home remedy, Dermatitis