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This book provides an up-to-date, compact but comprehensive review of chemical skin injuries, differentiating them from thermal skin burns. After an introductory chapter on the history of chemical skin injuries and the scope of the problem, the anatomy, histology, physiology, and immunology of normal skin are described. Mechanisms involved in chemical penetration of normal skin are explained, and the effects of damaged skin on chemical penetration are analyzed. The remainder of the book discusses a variety of clinically relevant aspects, such as the different forms of chemical skin injury, including injuries that arise during skin peeling or due to hair products; preventive measures; emergency treatment; rinsing therapy; medical and surgical treatment; and the importance of providing relevant information to workers. The role of predictive toxicology is also considered. Chemical Skin Injury:  Mechanisms, Prevention, Decontamination, Treatment is an ideal resource for readers who want to understand chemical skin injury, to put preventive measures in place, and to respond appropriately should a chemical skin injury occur.

Skin --- Chemical burns. --- Wounds and injuries --- Treatment. --- Burns, Chemical --- Burns and scalds --- Cutis --- Integument (Skin) --- Beauty, Personal --- Body covering (Anatomy) --- Dermatology. --- Emergency medicine. --- Emergency Medicine. --- Medicine, Emergency --- Medicine --- Critical care medicine --- Disaster medicine --- Medical emergencies --- Diseases

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More than 25,000 chemical products have the potential to cause ocular burns. Because such burns can result in loss of sight or the need for corneal transplantation, they must be taken very seriously. This book is the first to be devoted entirely to chemical ocular burns. All aspects of the subject are covered, including history, epidemiology, chemical agents and reactions, histology, pathophysiology, clinical signs, medical and surgical treatments, and emergency care. Particular attention is paid to the mechanisms involved in ocular burns and to the links between the chemical reactivity of corrosive agents and the clinical manifestations. Current principles of decontamination are fully explained and the latest treatment techniques are discussed in detail. This book stands at the interface of the chemical and medical sciences. It will be of great practical value to ophthalmologists and doctors in emergency medical and burns units, and will acquaint chemists with the clinical consequences of corrosivity.

Anterior segment (Eye). --- Anterior segment (Eye) -- Diseases -- Treatment. --- Anterior segment (Eye) -- Surgery. --- Eye -- Infections. --- Ophthalmology. --- Eye burns --- Chemical burns --- Burns --- Eye Injuries --- Wounds and Injuries --- Facial Injuries --- Eye Burns --- Burns, Chemical --- Diseases --- Craniocerebral Trauma --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Ophthalmology & Optometry --- Eye burns. --- Chemical burns. --- Treatment. --- Caustic eye injuries --- Medicine. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Burns and scalds --- Eye --- Wounds and injuries