Pro Bloodborne

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Now let's take a closer look at skin diseases, disorders and conditions.

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Persons with boils, infected wounds, open sores, or abrasions, or weeping dermatological lesions,

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should avoid working where there is a likelihood that they could contaminate healthcare supplies,

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body art equipment, or working surfaces.

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Workers skin should be free of rash or infection.

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And healthcare workers, tattoo artists and care givers should cover any sores with bandages

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to avoid the potential spread of disease.

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Skin is one of the best defenses we have against infectious diseases,

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and I think it's important that we take a look at the anatomy of the skin.

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See, skin is the largest organ of the body.

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It contains blood vessels, sensory receptors, nerves and sweat glands.

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It's made up of the epidermis and the dermis.

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And it varies in thickness from about one and a half to four millimeters or more.

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Skin is the first line of defense against infection.

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Now, the epidermis is the thick outer layer of the tissue,

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and the dermis is the strong flexible second layer of connective tissue.

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The dermis is filled with blood vessels,

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and unclean tattooing or body art is a high risk activity for bloodborne pathogens,

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because it involves multiple punctures of that skin.

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And when we put the pigment under the skin, it goes into the actual lower dermis levels,

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which is completely unprotected from disease.

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Hypodermis is just below the skin.

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It's the fatty layer, also called the subcutaneous layer.

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There are three commonly spread skin diseases that we should mention,

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and we're going to break them into bacterial, viral and fungal.

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The first one bacterial, MRSA,

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otherwise known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus,

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infection can look like an ordinary skin wound, a boil or an infected sore,

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highly contagious.

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Now the second type, viral,

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we're going to look at herpes simplex.

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Generally it's found on the face, the scalp, arms, neck and upper chest.

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It's indicated by small round blisters,

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and when they're broken can secrete a clear or a yellowish fluid.

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People contract herpes by touching the infected yellowish fluid,

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and then spreading it to non-intact skin, mucus membranes or other areas of their body.

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The last, fungal infection, most popularly known as athlete's foot or ringworm.

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It can cause red, patchy, or flaky itchy areas.

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It is contagious and is easily spread from one person to another.

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It spreads when infected areas on another person, or contaminated surfaces, are touched.

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And then the effected areas really should be kept clean and dry,

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and in many cases, you'll probably need to get a medication that is an antifungal

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to finally rid yourself of that infection.

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Now some people with the following conditions are more prone to skin disorders.

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Healing may be adversely effected by receiving tattoos or body art.

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A history of Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C.

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HIV or actually the autoimmune deficiency symdrome.

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Diabetes.

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A history of hemophilia or any other blood disorder or disease.

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A history of a skin disease, or skin lesions.

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History of allergies or adverse reactions to pigments, dyes, latex, etc.

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Or other autoimmune disorders.