Abstract
Garlic is a healthy vegetable usually used as a food flavor and also as a traditional medicine. Besides its health benefits, if used uncontrollably and unconsciously, it can cause serious side effects. Local chemical burn is one of its unwanted reactions. But with appropriate and timely treatment, complete recovery can be obtained. İn this case report, we discuss a chemical garlic burn of a female patient after the local application of raw garlic on her left knee.
Highlights
Garlic (Allium sativum) is a vegetable of the Alliaceae family and is known as a flavoring spice and a herbal remedy [1-3]
We report a female patient who had a chemical burn after local application of crushed raw garlic on her left knee
Kyolic aged garlic extract was effective in modulating most adverse effects induced in rats by malathion and carbaryl, and it is suggested as a dietary supplement for people exposed to insecticides intoxication [17]
Summary
Garlic (Allium sativum) is a vegetable of the Alliaceae family and is known as a flavoring spice and a herbal remedy [1-3]. Its antihypertensive, antihyperlipidemic, antineoplastic, antipyretic, antifungal, larvacidal, antibacterial, immunostimulant, and hypoglycemic effects has been reported [1-13] Besides these effects, it can be irritant after topical dermatological use and even cause severe skin burns. We report a female patient who had a chemical burn after local application of crushed raw garlic on her left knee. CASE A 55-year-old female patient applied crushed raw garlic over the medial side of her left knee for treating her chronic pain caused by an old fracture. She wrapped the garlic paste with plastic bandage and wait for seven hours. She had a complete recovery with hyperpigmentation (Figure 2)
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