An Unusual Burn Caused by Hot Argy Wormwood Leaf Water

Xun Liang; Xu-Lin Chen; Fei Wang; Feng Guo

doi:10.4081/cp.2011.e71

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14 October 2011

An Unusual Burn Caused by Hot Argy Wormwood Leaf Water

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Department of Burns, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, PR China

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Clin. Pract.2011, 1(3), e71;https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e71

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Abstract

An unusual burn case caused by hot wormwood leaf water was discussed. A 29-year-old woman sustained a 7% second-degree burn on both buttocks and left thigh. This case report highlights a rare cause of a chemical burn that may become more common with increasing use of this Chinese traditional medicine. The prevention measures of this burn injury were also presented.

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wormwood leaf burns

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