AI Article Synopsis
- - A 42-year-old woman suffered 81% body burns from using fig leaf tea as a tanning agent while sunbathing.
- - She spent 13 days in a Burns Intensive Care Unit before being discharged for follow-up care.
- - The report covers standard treatment for severe burns and explores the mechanism behind phytophotodermatitis caused by homemade tanning products with psoralen.
Article Abstract
We report herein the case of a 42-year-old woman who presented to the Burns Unit with 81% of her body surface severely burned following sun bathing, after applying fig leaf tea as a tanning agent. The patient was hospitalized for 13 days in a Burns Intensive Care Unit, and was discharged for an ambulatory follow-up. The treatment of such burns does not differ from any conventional treatment for heat- induced second-degree burns. The physiopathology of the phytophotodermatitis induced by such homemade tanning solutions rich in psoralen is discussed in detail.
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