Contact with fig tree sap: an unusual cause of burn injury
| Autor: | Mirren Mandalia, Frederick B. Schreuder, Richard L. Chalmers |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Burn injury medicine.medical_specialty Erythema media_common.quotation_subject Plant Exudates Poison control Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Blister Hyperpigmentation Burns Chemical medicine Humans Girl Photosensitivity Disorders Child Plant sap Burning Sensation media_common business.industry Extremities General Medicine Anatomy Ficus Surgery Emergency Medicine Female medicine.symptom business Total body surface area Partial thickness |
| Zdroj: | Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries. 34(5) |
| ISSN: | 0305-4179 |
| Popis: | Two siblings, a brother aged 8 and his sister aged 10, both fit and well with no history of atopy, were playing with branches of a fig tree cut down by their father. They had stripped the branches bare of the bark and the young girl took them into the swimming pool, where she proceeded to play with them and the young boy stood on the ledge of the pool and splashed his arms in the water. Within 12 h, both children developed a burning sensation with erythema on their skin. The boy was affected over both forearms and hands, whilst the girl had a more widespread reaction over her arms and legs. The siblings’ father, who had protected his hands with gloves whilst handling the branches, remained unaffected. Within 48 h, both children had developed vesicles over the affected areas. They presented to our unit and were treated for superficial partial thickness burns affecting 2% total body surface area in the boy and 5% total body surface area in the girl. Both children had the affected areas treated with simple non-adherent dressings. |
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