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Kali bich. is a caustic compound useful for colds and sinusitis. People needing this remedy become very chilly when ill with a characteristic pain in one spot.
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injury resulting from exposure to heat, electricity, radiation, or caustic chemicals. Three degrees of burn are commonly recognized.
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Sometimes the lower esophageal sphincter relaxes abnormally or weakens, allowing caustic stomach acids to back up into your esophagus (esophageal reflux).
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contact with a caustic chemical
contact with a hot object, such as curling irons, cigarettes, or stoves
electricity, such as electrical outlets or defective appliances
excess exposure to sunlight ...
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Chemical peels employ a variety of caustic chemicals to selectively destroy several layers of skin. The peeling solutions are "painted on," area-by-area, to ensure that the entire face is treated.
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Physicians disagree on the cause of this disorder, unless it obviously follows ingestion of caustic material such as lye or strong acids. It may be a congenital defect (present from before birth).
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(In the case of certain caustic poisons, vomiting is not the best.) Put a teaspoon of salt in 2 cups of warm water and drink it quickly. This will usually produce vomiting. Repeat a second or third time if necessary. Tickle the throat with a finger.
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Acetic Acid: Sometimes used as a caustic or astringent.
Acne: An inflammatory skin disease that effects the tiny pores thats cover the face, arms, back and chest as well as the oil glands attached to them.
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They cause damage by their pressure against the wall of the esophagus, from leakage of caustic alkali, and the electrical current they generate. Injury can occur in as short a time as 1 hour. Full-thickness burns can occur in 4 hours.
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To destroy tissue with a hot instrument, an electrical current, or a caustic substance. This process may be used to kill certain types of small tumors or to seal off blood vessels to stop bleeding.
CBC ...
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Suspicious areas should not be shaved off or cauterized (destroyed with a hot instrument, an electrical current, or a caustic substance).
Certain factors affect prognosis (chance of recovery) and treatment options.
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Most of the time, however, chemicals that come in contact with the eye cause only surface damage and no loss of vision. Caustic (alkaline) chemicals cause the worst damage.
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Mordant: A substance capable of deepening the reaction to a stain (as in the pathology laboratory); incisive; burning or pungent; and so, by extension, biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style.
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The esophagus can also become perforated as the result of a disease process such as a tumor or gastric reflux with ulceration; a mechanical problem such as violent retching and vomiting; ingestion of a foreign body or caustic agents.
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