Various types of wound care products abound for the treatment of burn injuries. Most of these products are rather expensive and beyond the means of many patients in poorer countries. This poses a challenge to burn care workers in these environments and calls for the adoption of practical solutions with the use of less expensive and readily available alternatives. The aim of this study is to rev...

A body of data supports the efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) therapy in the treatment of thermal burns, but the role of HBO2 in the treatment of burn injury remains a subject of controversy. The aim of this study was to evaluate possible positive effects of HBO2 on the experimental burn wound healing. Deep second degree burns were produced on the depilated backs of 70 male Wistar rats using...

Different groups of free radicals expressed in burn wounds treated with propolis and silver sulphadiazine were examined. The thermal effect forms major types of free radicals in a wound because of the breaking of chemical bonds. Free radicals, located in the heated skin, were tested after 21 days of treating by these two substances. The aim of this work was to find the method for determination ...

Erosive pustular dermatosis (EPD) is a rare inflammatory skin disease of unknown aetiology, characterized by multiple chronic, amicrobial pustules and crusted erosions. Since 1979, when it was first described (1), approximately 150 cases have been reported in the literature, most of which have been EPD of the scalp and legs. Typically, EPD occurs on atrophic skin caused by actinic damage on the...

Introduction Moist exposed burn ointment (MEBO) is an example of an alternative remedy proposed in the management of burn injuries. Developed in the late 1980s at the China National Science and Technology Centre in Beijing with its clinical use reported originally from China, MEBO is a petrolatum-based ointment containing sesame oil, β -sitosterol, berberine and other plant ingredients. The pre...

The patient's sister had left hospital a few months earlier after sustaining a scald to the scalp which had required skin grafting. A proprietary shampoo had been recommended by a local shopkeeper to keep the scalp clean. One evening, another of the patient's siblings, her 7-year-old brother, rubbed some of this shampoo in during a nappy change. The patient was unsettled overnight, and presente...

In this article, we report two life-threatening anaphylactic shocks by an antiseptic coated central venous catheter (CVC) within a 6-month period in our cancer center. Anaphylactic shock was preceded immediately after insertion of a central venous catheter (CVC) coated with silver sulphadiazine and chlorhexidine acetate (Blue FlexTip(®) ARROWg(+)ard Blue(®), 14Ga, Arrow International, Inc. USA)...