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Treating Chemical Burns - Articles
Know Your Chemical Burns
by
Shilah C. Azib
Posted
Mon 21 Jun 2010 9:19am
There are two primary groups of chemical burns: acid and alkali. When assessing a chemical burn it is important to know both the causing agent (acid or alkali) and the concentration of the solution. It is important to know if an acid or an alkali caused the burn because they cause injury by different mechanisms.
Acids produce co ...
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Chemical And Electrical Burns
by
Shilah C. Azib
Posted
Mon 24 May 2010 1:06pm
Chemical burns are burn injuries resulting from misuse of products. They can be strong acid or they can result from base liquids. Labels should warn of toxicity level. Chemical burns can occur at home, in the workplace or at school.
Chemicals can cause harm when inhaled, absorbed through the skin or ingested. These chemicals can ...
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A Look At Chemical Burns
by
Shilah C. Azib
Posted
Fri 05 Feb 2010 2:52am
If you think of ways to get burnedchances are things like firehot wateror cooking appliances are often the first things to come to mind. And while these burn are some of the most common that people suffer fromthey are not the only cause. There are other burns that can be just as painful and even more harmfulbut also require a different ...
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CHEMICALLY BURNED EYES REPAIRED WITH STEM CELLS
by
David Granovsky
Posted
Sat 12 Jun 2010 12:00am
BRIEF SUMMARY OF METHODS
BRIEF SUMMARY OF R ESULTS
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MORE DETAILED INFORMATION:
Figure 3. Regeneration of a Functional Corneal Epithelium and Restoration of Visual Acuity.
[Brief: "All three eyes had total limbal stem-cell deficiency, complete corneal opacification, and stromal scarring (images at left ...
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Vitamin E rapidly depleted by burn injuries
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Dr. John Z.
Posted
Sat 23 Oct 2010 12:00am
OregonState.edu - Severe burn injuries in children have been shown to rapidly deplete the levels of vitamin E in their body’s adipose, or fat tissues, a new clinical study has found.
Stored levels of this important antioxidant were reduced ...
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What is chemo and why have we chosen not to use it to treat cancer?
by
homecookedhealthy
Posted
Mon 26 Mar 2012 7:00pm
This is probably going to be a controversial article for so many. But this is one of the most asked questions that our family has received over the last year since Randy was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. So I just had to write this post. What is chemo and why have you chosen not to use it to treat the cancer? We hope this is an infor ...
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Keeping Your Child Safe From Accidental Burns
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Shilah C. Azib
Posted
Sat 27 Nov 2010 10:16pm
A child will explore the world through the sense of touch. This is how a child learns the first lessons about the objects in the home, yard and other areas that they come into contact with; these first lessons should not include burns.
Burns are painful reminders of kids getting too close to hot objects, playing with fire, or ge ...
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Classifying A Burn
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Shilah C. Azib
Posted
Wed 03 Nov 2010 1:56pm
There are several ways to classify a burn. A burn can be classified by the agent, by the degree, by the depth and by the clinical findings.
Different burn agents or sources of the burns are chemicals, friction, electricity, radiation, extreme temperatures (both heat and cold), scalding, and steam.
Electrical burns can be cau ...
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FIRST AID FOR PETS
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Helpful Buckeye
Posted
Sun 09 Sep 2012 12:00am
You get home from work, go in the door, and there to greet you is your dog...with blood all over its front feet...and your floor. What do you do? Within those first few seconds, it will be very important to make the right decisions. You don't want to fret about the carpeting if your dog is in serious trouble, right? A little planni ...
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