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Disaster Advice Glossary
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Disaster recovery and restoration can be veiled in mystery to the many who have not undertaken specific training. This glossary explains technical terms to assist both report writing and the understanding of those technical terms so often misunderstood.
Definition
| Athletes Foot: |
A fungus called Tinea pedis resulting in a fungal disease called dermatophytosis. Personal Hygiene Note: Water damage technicians, who allow their feet to stay damp or have skin cracks, are more susceptible to athletes fungi. The athlete fungi Tinea pedis, can be an occupational exposure hazard and disease. See Tinea |
| Deratitis Infammation: |
An inflammation and/or irritation of the skin. Health and Safety Note: Dermatitis inflammation can be a concern to water damage workers from excessive chemical exposures, and allergic reactions associated with constant contact to flood waters and skin irritants. See Athletes Foot, Contact Dermatitis. |
| Fingernail Fungus: |
A fungal condition caused by the fungi Tineus unguium, resulting from dirt and other debris with fungus to embed under the finger nail. Health Note: The fungi condition may be dormant for some time and under the right conditions fungus will start growing causing severe pain and eventual loss of the nail. If not properly treated, this condition will never go away on its own. Health Note: Various species of Tinea fungus may be present in remediation employees who handle fungi contaminated building materials and gray water, when they do not wear the proper gloves or provide for personal hygiene (proper methods of hand washing). See Athletes Foot, Ringworm, Tinea |
| Ringworm: |
Ringworm is a popular name for a fungal skin infection, common to the feet, groin, scalp, and fingernail beds. Ringworm is not a parasite or nematode as are other worms. Ringworm usually appears as a round circle or ring on the skin. The roundworm fungi spreads uniformly outward, leaving normal skin inside the ring. Ringworm is marked by ring-shape, redness, scaly, or blistery patches. See Athletes Foot, Fingernail Fungus, Tinea. |
| Tinea: |
Any number of a group of common fungal infections of the skin, hair, toenails, feet, hands, groin, arm pits, and fingernails. Most infections are caused by a group of fungi called the dermatophytes, which are called ringworm. The transmitter of the tinea fungi are soil, contaminated water, infection acquired from another person or animal, and objects such as dirty shower stalls and carpet. See Athletes Foot, Fingernail Fungus, Ringworm. |
| Tinea Fungi Infections: |
Tinea pedis affects the feet, and it is commonly referred to as Athletes Foot Fungus; Tinea cruris affects the groin and it is called jock itch; Tinea corporis affects the body and it is called ringworm of the body; Tinea capitis affects the scalp and it is called ringworm of the scalp; Tinea unguium or onychomycosis, affects the fingernails and is called ringworm of the nails; Tinea unguium can also be found on the hands and feet; Tinea versicolor is a common skin condition that produces patches of white, brown or salmon-color finely flaking skin over the trunk and neck. Health Note: The main prevention of the Tinea Fungi Infections on the job, is maintaining good personal hygiene, washing and using a scrub brush under the nail beds, thorough drying of damp, wet and sweaty hands and feet, wearing proper protective clothing and gloves, and the daily use of a fungistat foot powder. See Athletes Foot, Fingernail Fungus, Ringworm, Tinea |
| Water Damege Technician Acquired Infections and Disease: |
Health and Safety Note: Infections and disease acquired as occupational exposures to certain surface, water and airborne contaminates present in the water damage mitigation industry. See Allergy, Aspergillosis, Athletes Foot, Bloodborne Pathogens, Conjunctivitis, Contact Dermatitis, Cryptococcoses, Dysentery, Infections, Finger Nail Fungus, Hepatitis-A, Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Legionella Pneumonitis, Occupational Related Respiratory Diseases, Pink-Eye, Tetanus, Toxins |
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