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Accidents - Wigs, falls or hairpieces - Year 2009 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 248
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Date: 09/13/2009Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
PT HAD A HAIR WEAVE PLACED A WEEK AGO AND NOW SCALP IS IRRITATED AND ITCHING. DX SCALP DERMAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2009Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
PT TOOK OUT A WEAVE THAT WAS SEWN IN HAIR AND SCALP BECAME INFECTED DX. SCALP DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2009Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces, Adhesives
PT HAD HAIRPEICE WEAVED IN AND GLUE USED AND NOW RASH TO HEAD AREA DX: RASH TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2009Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
PT'S WIG CAUGHT FIRED AND PT SUFFERED BURN TO SCALP. NO FD INVOLVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2009Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
RASH TO HEAD AFTER USING SYNTHETIC HAIR BRAIDS DX: DERMAT RASH TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2009Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
PT HAD HAIR WEAVE IN FOR 2 WEEKS, TO ER WITH ODOR FROM SCALP, DX WOUND TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2009Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
86 YOF HEAD ITCHES FROM WEARING A WIG CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2009Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
RASH-C/O RASH AND BUMPS ON SCALP AFTER DAUGHTER PUT HAIR EXTENSIONS IN HER HAIR TWO DAYS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2009Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
AT MOM'S HOUSE- HEAD & FACE RED & PEELING, & ITCHING, FOLLOWING HAIR EXTENSION APPLICATION. DX: CONTACT DERMATITIS, REACTION TO FAKE HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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