Organic Solvent Chemical Burns
A 33-year-old man showed up to the Emergency Department with chemical burns on his hands from handling paint thinner without using gloves. He had approximately 7 h of direct contact of Klean-Strip on his bilateral hands. Klean-Strip is comprised primarily of Stoddard solvent, a petroleum-derived mixture of organic hydrocarbons. The patient reported severe burning pain throughout his palms and fingers. The palms of his hands were discolored and waxy, with a leather-like texture, particularly at his fingertips. Burns with organic solvents particularly hydrocarbons cause a corrosive dissolution of lipids, unlike thermal burns, which cause local tissue denaturation and release of local inflammatory mediators due to an exothermic reaction. Credits: https://www.jem-journal.com/article/S0736-4679(20)30007-X/fulltext
Wow!!!!! How do you treat? How does it heal? Will he loose sensation? 😵
