Chemical Burn Caused by Garlic

Abstract

In traditional medicine garlic is used intensely for it’s antimicrobial, antihypertensive and anti hyperlipidemic etc. effects. For this reasons, use of garlic is common among the public health. In this case we aimed to present a patient with a second degree skin burn because of self applying garlic on his superficial eruptions.

Keywords

• Burn
• Garlic
• traditional treatment
• contact dermatitis

Sarımsak Kullanımına Bağlı Kimyasal Yanık

Abstract

Sarımsak geleneksel tıpta antimikrobiyal, antihipertansif, antihiperlidemik vb. nedenlerle kullanımı mevcuttur. Bu nedenle halk arasında yanlış kullanımına sık rastlanmaktadır.Bizim olgumuzda da diz bölgesindeki yüzeyel döküntülerini iyileştirmek için cildine sarımsak süren ve 2. Derece yanık ile sonuçlanan , günlük pratikte sık karşılaşmadığımız bir olguyu size sunmak istedik.

Keywords

• yanık
• sarımsak
• geleneksel tedavi
• kontakt dermatit

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