Chemical assault and skin/eye burns: Two representative cases, report from the Acid Survivors Foundation, and literature review

Abstract Chemical assault is a significant problem throughout the world, resulting in disfigurement, sometime blindness or vision impairment, and constituting a major economic burden on otherwise overwhelmed health services in developing countries. Two representative cases are presented here. One in...

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Published in:Burns 2010-09, Vol.36 (6), p.924-932
Main Authors: Milton, Rebecca, Mathieu, Laurence, Hall, Alan H, Maibach, Howard I
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acid assaults
Acids
Adolescent
Adult
Assaults with bases
Battery acid assaults
Burns, Chemical - epidemiology
Burns, Chemical - etiology
Chemical skin/eye burns
Corrosive assaults
Critical Care
Eye Burns - chemically induced
Eye Burns - epidemiology
Female
Global Health
Humans
Incidence
Male
Skin - injuries
Young Adult
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Summary:Abstract Chemical assault is a significant problem throughout the world, resulting in disfigurement, sometime blindness or vision impairment, and constituting a major economic burden on otherwise overwhelmed health services in developing countries. Two representative cases are presented here. One involved domestic spouse abuse with an acid and the second involved a teen-aged female assaulted with an acid, perhaps for retribution over a local judicial matter. Such atrocities have a world-wide scope, which is reviewed here. Preventive measures are the most appropriate response. However, when such chemical assaults do occur, active measures to mitigate or negate their effects deserve consideration.
ISSN:0305-4179
1879-1409
DOI:10.1016/j.burns.2009.10.020