Skin condition, cement, dermatologist?

I have a good friend who was exposed to Portland cement a number of years ago. She continues to experience severe facial scabbing and oozing sores. She has not received proper treatment from her local physicians. Is anyone aware of a dermatologist who she can contact regarding treatment? Anyone help is grat appreciated!!|||Tell your friend to avoid contact with portland cement or any of its products as she has what is called %26quot;Contact Dermatitis%26quot;. It will flare up whenever she comes in contact with the offending material- in this case Portland Cement. If she stays clear of it, then she will never have to suffer again.





Take your friend to ED and they will be able to manage it.|||You say she is seeing %26quot;local physicians%26quot; .. does that mean she is seeing regular family practice doctors ? Or is she seeing dermatologists in her area that are unable to help her ? Personally ? I would go to : google.com or yahoo.com and put in : Best dermatologists. Many times there are rankings of doctors on the internet .. you just need to find them. Then it is a simple matter of making a phone call, setting up an appt. and getting to them. There will probably be a long waiting list, but if no one else is able to help her .. it will be worth the wait. You may also want to check www.webmd.com for general information and further ideas for help on this condition. Also, many sites offer free medical advice from people with sincere questions on a specific condition. Again, I would use google or yahoo .com to find such sites. Good luck ! :)|||i would call the local AMA in your city and eplain what the problem is and that you are in need of a specialist who is familiar with it. american medical association.|||The skin condition may be termed as Industrial dermatitis (allergy to cement). Sometimes, secondary infections may have taken place. Please contact a local physician / dermatologist who may be able to prescribe ointment for allergic dermatitis. She may be asked to avoid further contact with cement. Change of occupation or occupational habits may be necessary if the disorder is caused by occupational exposure.|||Portland cement has Lye as an ingredient. This ia a very caustic substance(causes chemical burns) however the effects do not last for years- just days. The problem is obviously something else and she should see a dermatologist