Oral Chemical Burns Caused by Self-Medication in a Child: Case Report
- 1 July 2009
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Burn Care & Research
- Vol. 30 (4), 740-743
- https://doi.org/10.1097/bcr.0b013e3181ac0571
Abstract
There are few published reports that discuss oral burns in children. Electrical, chemical, and thermal agents are the main causative agents of these burns. Some chemicals can cause burning in the mucosa of cheeks, lips, tongue, and palate. Because of the clinical state of acute pain associated with lack of or inadequate care to relieve the symptoms, some patients use self-medication. The purpose of this work is to report the case of oral chemical burns caused by topical self-medication for tooth pain relief, and also to discuss the clinical presentation and the treatment performed.Keywords
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