FeCl₂ is often used in stainless steel surface processing, wastewater treatment, or in laboratories. Effects of exposure to FeCl₂ include predominantly systemic side effects that can occur when inhalation or oral intake occurs. However, it is known that skin irritation or burning can be caused by exposure to skin, but there has never been reported a case of deep FeCl₂ burns. We will introduce a case of a patient treated with deep second degree burn due to FeCl₂ exposure. A 27-year-old healthy man came in contact with FeCl₂ on his right wrist. The patient didn't wear any protective clothing, and the clothes were contaminated with FeCl₂ about one hour ago, but the patient was not aware of the danger of exposure. After an hour, the patient felt tingling, so he took off his exposed clothes and washed exposed skin, then came to our hospital. Initially there were mild erosion, erythema, and tingling symptoms. Two days later, eschar began to develop and wound began to deepen. Surgical procedure was not performed and it took 5 weeks for the patient's wound to heal. As a rule, workers using FeCl₂ are required to wear protective clothing. In Korea, companies and laboratories using FeCl₂ are not strictly required the use of protective clothing. Workers handling FeCl₂ should be strictly encouraged to wear protective clothing, if exposed, should be instructed to visit the hospital after a quick washing away.
Adult ; Burns* ; Burns, Chemical ; Clothing ; Erythema ; Humans ; Inhalation ; Korea ; Protective Clothing ; Skin ; Stainless Steel ; Waste Water* ; Wounds and Injuries ; Wrist

Joule heating has long been considered as the principal component of tissue damage in electrical injury. Recent studies suggest electroporation, a nonthermally medicated mechanism of cell membrane damage, is also an important factor. This study is significant because it directly addresses whether nonthermal mechanisms of cell damage can cause tissue necrosis without visible thermal changes.
Burns ; Wounds and Injuries ; Electroporation

Biafine is topic suspension manifests effectiveness on washing the wound, stimulating the repairing of the tissue and light antiseptic effect.
burns ; Wounds and Injuries

Applying the experimental model of PACIDALO & HLADOVEC, author has evaluted effect of “SH-91” drug on experimental burned - would of rabbit. It formed a bio-membrane covering the burned-wound, decreased the inflammatory and swollen wound in burn. Of the bacteriostatic activity of SH.91 is effective as much as silver sulfadiazin 1% and SH 91 has also no local and general side effect.
burns, Wounds and Injuries

The hydrogel burn wound dressing was prepared by gamma radiation cross-linking from aqueous solution mixture of polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyethylene oxide and met the requirements as bio-medical membranes. Chitosan into the hydrogel was degraded by gamma radiation and used as agents to increase antimicrobial activity and wound healing process. In this paper, the swelling characteristics of hydrogel dressing in water and plasma were investigated, the water loss of dressing was determined and the sterilization assurance level of products was appreciated obtaining international standard of ISO 9002 for medical products.
burns, Wounds and Injuries

Animals ; Biological Warfare ; Burns ; pathology ; Burns, Chemical ; pathology ; Chemical Warfare ; China ; Humans ; Military Medicine ; Radiation Injuries ; pathology ; Wounds, Gunshot ; pathology

OBJECTIVE: To report an unusual case of frozen orbit caused by an unsuspected intraorbital foreign body. METHOD: This is a case report. RESULTS: A 31-year old Chinese man presented with a 6-month history of painless progressive right caruncular growth with mucoid discharge. He also had bilateral progressive reduction in ocular movements. His best-corrected vision was 6/9 bilaterally. A conjunctival granuloma arising from the right caruncle and extending to the cornea and associate with ophthalmoplegia was also present. Orbital computed tomography showed a dense rod-like structure traversing the nasal area, extending from the superomedial wall of the right orbit to the apex of the left orbit with surrounding inflammatory reaction but sparing the optic nerve. The intraorbital foreign body, a 6 cm chopstick splinter, was successfully removed via right lateral rhinotomy. CONCLUSION: Intraorbital foreign bodies are not uncommonly seen and, generally, the diagnosis is straightforward. Nevertheless, diagnosis, could be missed if it is not suspected.
Human ; Male ; Adult ; WOUNDS AND INJURIES ; EYE FOREIGN BODIES ; EYE DISEASES ;

Vitamin E is a genetic term for a group of tocol and tocotrienol derivatives. Since the discovery that vitamin E is the major lipid soluble antioxidant in skin, this substance has been tried for the treatment of almost every type of skin lession imaginable. This report claims that oral Enat 400 (natural vitamin E) speeds wound healing and improves the comestic outcome of demis and epidemis burning wounds in female patients (from 18-55 of age).
Vitamin E ; Wounds and Injuries ; Burns

This paper introduced the modern imaging diagnostic methods to evaluating the level of the deep burn lesions including laser Doppler flowmetry, thermographic telemetry, microwave thermography, contact liquid crystal thermography, light reflectance, CT scanner, magnetic resonance imaging and reflux optical multispectral imaging.
burns ; Wounds and Injuries ; Equipment and Supplies

The bactericidal efficacy of chitosan cream on burn wounds of 82 burn patients with degree II, III, area 4-50%, in National Burn Institute was evaluated. The results of the study showed that: chitosan had a good bactericidal efficacy to bacteria infected burn wounds, led by S.aureus, followed by enterobacterial. Chitosan cream had very high efficacy at burn wounds, the amount of bacteria decreased clearly 14 days after treatment. The bactericidal efficacy of chitosan cream was similar to silver sulfadiazine cream 1%.
Burns ; Wounds and Injuries ; Chitosan ; Bacteria