Apr 2, 2002

Stick with grubby bedsheets

Posted in Bio, Chemistry, Health at 4:21 pm by David Bradley -- Click to comment

My Dad is a retired civil engineer and unfortunately for him recently suffered a severe and itchy allergic rash on his legs caused by exposure to a biological washing powder.

After trying a topical antihistamine cream Dad went to his GP who prescribed antibiotics then, as a last resort, a steroid cream known as Betnovate-C.

According to the information leaflet accompanying the tube of cream it ‘may stain hair, skin, or fabric’. So, what’s it doing to your skin, my Dad wondered.

That aside, after a successful treatment, he was a bit puzzled as to how wash out a particularly stubborn mark on the bedsheets. His mind was put at rest by the instructions on the cream’s leaflet - ’stains may be removed with a biological washing powder,’ it said.

Of course.

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