title: Burns due to wet wood ash: three cases.
abstract: Wood ash, a traditional multipurpose agent, is sometimes used under occlusion as a folkloric prescription to ease pain and edema. Adding water or oil to ash forms a mixture with strong alkaline properties. We present three interesting cases who sustained full-thickness burns after application of a poultice of wetted wood ash for the treatment of leg pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Tokat Zile State Hospital , Tokat , Turkey and.
authors.forename: Erhan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ayhan
authors.forename: Zeynep Meltem
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Akkurt
authors.forename: Derya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ucmak
mesh_terms: D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D000368:Aged; D000468:Alkalies / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002057:Burns, Chemical / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D060729:Coal Ash / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D017155:Wettability; D014934:Wood / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000468:Alkalies; D060729:Coal Ash