Post by saysfaa on Sept 30, 2020 5:03:05 GMT -5
What might I find as a formaldehyde-free winter coat? Also slippers, shoes, gloves? At this point, that means no polyester or acrylic or nylon - especially in blends. There are a LOT of versions of formaldehyde so we might find out later that some materials are ok.
I'm also looking for an exhaustive source of the name variations of: formaldehyde, paraben mix, bronopol,
quinoline mix, Cl+ Me,
Or (even better, maybe) a dependable way to tell if a given gobbldegook-name is a variation of one of the above.
My mother is 85. She has been itching horribly for nine to ten months, maybe a bit longer but not much. Her dermatologist narrowed the problem down to either pemphigus (blistering disease) or a reaction to a medication. Pemphigus was ruled out via another biopsy; he said it had to be her high blood pressure medicine. She stopped that. The itch didn't stop. He said it is not uncommon for the reaction to never go away even after she stops the med that triggered it.
Her allergist did contact allergy patch testing about 3 weeks ago; She reacts to: formaldehyde, paraben mix, bronopol,
quinoline mix, Cl+ Me, and black tar. He couldn't tell when she became allergic but it is likely she developed these allergies in the last few months due to excessive contact with them via the lotions trying to ease the itching.
I did an excel sheet of all the different names these things might show up as on ingredient lists. There are about a 100, I think, I keep finding more. All but the black tar are used as preservatives in things like soaps, shampoos, lotions, cosmetics, cleaning products. Formaldehyde is also in a lot of cloth (anything antiwrinkle, antistatic, stain-resistant, etc, and sometimes anyway).
She stayed with me for about six months but moved into an assisted care facility (the independent wing - so they provide some meals and light housekeeping but not personal or medical care) about 3 weeks ago. Anyway, I hadn't helped with her skin for two or three weeks now - meaning I haven't seen it. I read the ingredients of all her lotions and separated out the ones with the allergens. It left two kinds. I got her coconut oil from the grocery store (thinking if she uses just those two, she will develop allergies to something in them also.) She said she would use one kind for a few days or a week then a different kind and so on. We also went through all her clothes, linens, etc. And tried to leave only 100% cotton but couldn't do it and still leave her something to wear. We've been working on replacing everything with 100% cotton.
I washed all her clothes and linens two or three times in a row with Tide Pur Clean (one of two detergents in our store that didn't have anything I could tell she couldn't have) and then again with just water to rinse.
I took her to the foot dr yesterday and was, frankly, horrified by how much worse her skin is. Her feet have never had more than a couple of spots; now they completely covered. After I recovered a little, I realized it isn't "that" bad; it is, maybe, different rather than worse. When we got her home, I asked to see some more of her skin. It is bleeding in a half a dozen spots but they are pretty small spots. There are just sooooo many tiny spots all over (except her head); they are smaller spots than she used to get but a lot more of them.
I know she is wearing some of her old clothes (that have formaldehyde); I don't know how often. She doesn't answer questions (she says things but they NEVER result in an answer to the question; it doesn't matter what the subject is) Maybe the clothes is all it is but I'm really suspicions of the laundry detergent if it isn't the clothes. That or I missed a term on the ingredients of a product I thought was safe.
I'm also looking for an exhaustive source of the name variations of: formaldehyde, paraben mix, bronopol,
quinoline mix, Cl+ Me,
Or (even better, maybe) a dependable way to tell if a given gobbldegook-name is a variation of one of the above.
My mother is 85. She has been itching horribly for nine to ten months, maybe a bit longer but not much. Her dermatologist narrowed the problem down to either pemphigus (blistering disease) or a reaction to a medication. Pemphigus was ruled out via another biopsy; he said it had to be her high blood pressure medicine. She stopped that. The itch didn't stop. He said it is not uncommon for the reaction to never go away even after she stops the med that triggered it.
Her allergist did contact allergy patch testing about 3 weeks ago; She reacts to: formaldehyde, paraben mix, bronopol,
quinoline mix, Cl+ Me, and black tar. He couldn't tell when she became allergic but it is likely she developed these allergies in the last few months due to excessive contact with them via the lotions trying to ease the itching.
I did an excel sheet of all the different names these things might show up as on ingredient lists. There are about a 100, I think, I keep finding more. All but the black tar are used as preservatives in things like soaps, shampoos, lotions, cosmetics, cleaning products. Formaldehyde is also in a lot of cloth (anything antiwrinkle, antistatic, stain-resistant, etc, and sometimes anyway).
She stayed with me for about six months but moved into an assisted care facility (the independent wing - so they provide some meals and light housekeeping but not personal or medical care) about 3 weeks ago. Anyway, I hadn't helped with her skin for two or three weeks now - meaning I haven't seen it. I read the ingredients of all her lotions and separated out the ones with the allergens. It left two kinds. I got her coconut oil from the grocery store (thinking if she uses just those two, she will develop allergies to something in them also.) She said she would use one kind for a few days or a week then a different kind and so on. We also went through all her clothes, linens, etc. And tried to leave only 100% cotton but couldn't do it and still leave her something to wear. We've been working on replacing everything with 100% cotton.
I washed all her clothes and linens two or three times in a row with Tide Pur Clean (one of two detergents in our store that didn't have anything I could tell she couldn't have) and then again with just water to rinse.
I took her to the foot dr yesterday and was, frankly, horrified by how much worse her skin is. Her feet have never had more than a couple of spots; now they completely covered. After I recovered a little, I realized it isn't "that" bad; it is, maybe, different rather than worse. When we got her home, I asked to see some more of her skin. It is bleeding in a half a dozen spots but they are pretty small spots. There are just sooooo many tiny spots all over (except her head); they are smaller spots than she used to get but a lot more of them.
I know she is wearing some of her old clothes (that have formaldehyde); I don't know how often. She doesn't answer questions (she says things but they NEVER result in an answer to the question; it doesn't matter what the subject is) Maybe the clothes is all it is but I'm really suspicions of the laundry detergent if it isn't the clothes. That or I missed a term on the ingredients of a product I thought was safe.