Abstract
Background: Corrosive ingestion in children is very important and sensitive issue which result in lot of morbidity and mortality corrosive ingestion is mostly in form of acid or alkali chemical. 5000 to 15000 caustic ingestion cases are reported annually in United States. Majority of cases are accidental and can occur in any age of children but in new born it occur very rarely. Case Presentation: we are presenting a case of corrosive ingestion in 04 days old new born who was given a liquid bleed mixed with formula milk by mother considering the liquid bleed as water for the dilution of milk. Conclusion: We conclude that legislation should be done for authorizes sale of corrosive chemical and awareness campaign should be lounge through social, print and electronic media about hazards of corrosive ingestion.
Highlights
Corrosives or caustics are the group of chemicals that have the capacity to cause tissue injury on contact by a chemical reaction
(1) The peak incidence is seen in the children aged 1-5 years, with most of the ingestions being accidental. [2,3] Caustic ingestion may cause wide spread injury to lips, oral cavity, pharynx, airway, esophagus and stomach
The probability of the ingestion of caustic agents is low in the newborns period and neonatal caustic burns have rarely been reported globally. [4,5] We present corrosive intake in a 4-day-old newborn who was mistakenly given liquid bleach mixed with formula milk considering it as a water by her mother
Summary
We conclude that legislation should be done for authorizes sale of corrosive chemical and awareness campaign should be lounge through social, print and electronic media about hazards of corrosive ingestion.
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