acid burns
Corrosive substance wounds
Acid burns are injuries caused by corrosive acidic substances contacting skin or other tissue.
The damage results from chemical reaction rather than heat, though the sensation resembles thermal burns.
Severity depends on the acid's concentration and exposure time: She suffered acid burns on her hands from a laboratory accident.
Acid burns require immediate flushing with water, unlike some other chemical injuries.
- chemicalSubstance with defined composition
- corrosiveDestroys by chemical action
- skinBody's outer layer
- tissueDisposable soft paper
- damageHarm or impairment
scarring · pain · blistering · caustic · sulfuric · hydrochloric · wound · flesh · searing · disfigurement · neutralize · irrigation · emergency · first aid · eye wash station · trauma · melting · hospital
- disfigurementsscars, scar, scarring, deformities, deformity
- Industrial Hazardsexplosions, fires, toxic fumes, gas leaks, chemical exposure
- skin reactionsrash, hives, irritation, redness, eczema
- toxic hazardstoxic exposure, asbestos, arsenic, neurotoxins, benzene
- Skin Toxinsmustard gas, lye, caustic soda, bleach, phenol
- poisoningarsenic poisoning, cyanide poisoning, food poisoning, carbon monoxide poisoning, lead poisoning
acid burnsthermal burns
Heat-induced tissue damage
frostbite · electrical burns · radiation burns · sunburn · friction burns
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