Lakee911
I&C Engineer (mostly WWTP)
Over the weekend, my girlfriend helped out with the remodeling of my kitchen. On Saturday night she had some little red dots on her arms, and Sunday they were bumps. She helped Friday night, Saturday and Sunday. Tonight they look like Poison Ivy. I've told her to go to the Doctor, and she says she will tomorrow,so we'll see....
My house was built in 1923 and is primarily old growth Douglas Fir--inside and out. There is some oak in the house, but she wasn't exposed to that over the weekend. She is allergic to oak when it blooms in the spring.
We were taking up a wood floor and cutting a lot of joists as well to install a beam--SYP. We put down some Plywood as well. When we tore the porch off the back of the house, she got some red dots on her arms as well. This was in April. They were gone within a day. We attributed it to the lead paint that was used because she has a nickel allergy as well. No lead paint was enountered this weekend.
I read online about wood dust causing rashes. Is this common?
My house was treated for termites in 1979 -- could be that chlordane was used. We removed some previously termite infested wood both this past weekend and when we removed the porch.
We've worn dust masks and safety glasses anytime we're kicking up a lot of dust.
Any ideas? Anyone in the plumbing or construction industry ever get skin rashed from wood or chemicals? I figure that oral steroids will probably get her fixed up... we'll see.
Thx
Jason
My house was built in 1923 and is primarily old growth Douglas Fir--inside and out. There is some oak in the house, but she wasn't exposed to that over the weekend. She is allergic to oak when it blooms in the spring.
We were taking up a wood floor and cutting a lot of joists as well to install a beam--SYP. We put down some Plywood as well. When we tore the porch off the back of the house, she got some red dots on her arms as well. This was in April. They were gone within a day. We attributed it to the lead paint that was used because she has a nickel allergy as well. No lead paint was enountered this weekend.
I read online about wood dust causing rashes. Is this common?
My house was treated for termites in 1979 -- could be that chlordane was used. We removed some previously termite infested wood both this past weekend and when we removed the porch.
We've worn dust masks and safety glasses anytime we're kicking up a lot of dust.
Any ideas? Anyone in the plumbing or construction industry ever get skin rashed from wood or chemicals? I figure that oral steroids will probably get her fixed up... we'll see.
Thx
Jason
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