Dyes (noncosmetic)

2YOF PRESENTS WITH INGESTION OF FOREIGN SUBSTANCE. PER PT FATHER THEY WALKED IN ON PT PLAYING WITH EOSIN DYE WHICH WAS APART OF A PAINT SET, PT HAD DYE ALL OVER HER HANDS AND FACE, PER DAD HE THINKS SHE INGESTED SOME OF THE EOSIN.ED CALLED POISON CONTROL AND ASSURED ED THAT THE EOSIN IS NON-TOXIC AND PT WAS CLEARED FOR POISIONING. DX: INGESTION OF FROEIGN SUBSTANCE.

14YOF, AT SCHOOL WAS WORKING ON A PROJECT WHEN ACCIDENTALLY GOT A DYE COLORED CORNSTARCH IN EYE NOW WITH PAIN AND IR***ATION, DX: ABRASION OF LEFT CORNEA

46YOF PRESENTS TO ED FOR ALLERGIC REACTION. REPORTS THAT SHE USED A NEW HAIR DYE A FEW DAYS AGO. C/O FACIAL AND SCALP SWELLING. DX: ALLERGIC CONTACT DERMATITIS DUE TO DYES

10YOF MOM WENT TO GIVE HER LIQUID *** AND INSTEAD GAVE HER A TEASPOON OF SYNTHETIC DYE DX: INGESTION OF A FOREIGN SUBSTANCE

20MOF PRESENTS AFTER INGESTING TIE DYE POWDER DX INGESTION OF SUBSTANCE

49YOF USED *** HAIR DYE AND REPORTS SHE BROKE OUT IN HIVES ALL OVER SCALPDX ALLERGIC REACTION TO HAIR DYE

3YOF PT INGESTED A SMALL AMOUNT OF BLUE DYE; BEGAN TO COUGH & VOMITED DX: INGESTION OF SUBSTANCE BY PEDIATRIC PATIENT #

61YOM PRESENTED AT ED C/O OF ALLERGIC REACTION. 2 DAYS AGO, PATIENT WENT TO HIS BARBER AND THE BARBER APPLIED A DYE TO HIS ENTIRE SCALP AND HIS FACE WHERE HIS BEARD IS. UPON CONTACT PATIENT FELT LIKE THE DYE WAS BURNING MILDLY. SEVERAL HOURS LATER, EXPERIENCED WEEPING OF THE SKIN. OVER THE NEXT 2 DAYS, THE RASH BECOME SLIGHTLY MORE PAINFUL, WEEPING AND TODAY SWOLLEN. DX: CONTACT DERMATITIS

46YOM WAS AT BARBER SHOP AND HAD HAIR DYE IN AND STARTED WITH FACIAL SWELLING DX ALLERGIC REACTION TO HAIR DYE

24YOF HAD EYEBROW TINTED ON 13TH AND NOW RASH AND SWELLING AROUND EYEBROWS DX ALLERGIC REACTION TO DYE

15MOM MOM FOUND HIM DRINKING TIE DYE CLOTHING LIQUID DYE DX: INGESTION OF A SUBSTANCE

4YOM PRESENTS WITH ALLERGIC REACTION. DX: DYE ALLERGIC REACTION. %

3/7/2018: Caller dyed his fleece cap black. He had to add the dye along with the cap to a pot on his stove at a low boil for about 30 minutes to 1 hour. Caller left the windows open and wore a mask during the process because of the strong fumes that filled his entire apartment. After the process was complete the caller notice Ink residue droplets inside his kitchen. He begin to clean and noticed that the ink residue droplets made there way into the microwave that is positioned above his stove. As the caller cleaned his microwave he noticed ink residue inside the microwave filter along with the fan. When he cleaned the microwave, he thought that he removed all of the residue. NOTE: It is unknown what the caller used to clean the residue with. 3/11/2018: The caller's fiancee was cooking and used the microwave to prepare the food. She got sick on the same evening and seemed to have had an allergic reaction to the dye's residue, which got into his microwave's filter. 3/12/2018: The girlfriend is feeling better. The Caller thinks that this product presents and inhalation hazard. The products warnings were not given, but the caller may add more details upon his receipt of the report.

On October 8, 2024, my younger brother inadvertently ingested a clothing dye produced by the Rit brand. This incident precipitated symptoms of severe vomiting and uncontrolled bowel movements. Upon contacting the poison control center, my parents were advised to provide him with ample hydration, maintain vigilant monitoring, and seek medical consultation if his condition deteriorated. Regrettably, his symptoms escalated, necessitating urgent transport to the Emergency Room. Subsequently, he was admitted to the hospital, where the dye inflicted internal injuries. Seven days later, he was declared brain dead, and subsequently, life support was withdrawn, culminating in his passing on October 12, 2024.