Description of Event or Problem · 1
PT WITH HISTORY OF PERISTOMAL ITCHING WITH RED RASH. SWITCHED FROM DURAHESIVE TO STOMAHESIVE WAFER APRIL/MAY 1996. PERISTOMAL SKIN BECAME VERY FRAGILE AND RAW. IN 3/1997, DISCOURAGE WITH PROGRESS, PHYSICIANS DISCONTINUED ALL OINTMENTS AND CUSTOMER WAS ONLY USING STOMAHESIVE WAFER. IN 3/1997 CUSTOMER WAS SEEN BY ANOTHER DERMATOLOGIST. IRRITATION AND ITCHING OF PERISTOMAL SKIN WORSENED. PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBED 20MG PREDNISONE WITH WAFER CHANGES EVERY OTHER DAY IN 4/1997. PERISTOMAL SKIN SHOWED SOME IMPROVEMENT WITH MILD EPISODES OF REDNESS AND ITCHINESS. ON 7/1997 SKIN TESTS WERE FOUND TO BE POSITIVE FOE STOMAHESIVE AND DURAHESIVE WAFERS. ADVISED CUSTOMER TO DISCONTINUE USE OF PRODUCTS DUE TO ALLERGIC REACTION. IN 1998 PT HAD SURGERY FOR A CONTINENT UROSTOMY.