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Question
Hello doctor,
The doctor asked me what consequences people with esophageal burns due to gasoline can leave? What should the patient do immediately? Thank you doctor.
Anonymous customer
Answer
Answered by Master, Doctor Dang Xuan Cuong - Emergency Resuscitation Department, Vinmec Hai Phong International General Hospital.
Hello,
With the question “What consequences can people have with esophageal burns due to gasoline? ", the doctor would like to answer as follows:
Petrol is a volatile chemical, with low surface tension properties, so it is easy to spread and irritate the mucosa. Immediately after ingestion, it will cause symptoms such as coughing, vomiting, and suffocation. Low viscosity and volatility create conditions for gasoline to easily penetrate the lungs, quickly spread to the small bronchi and alveoli, causing pneumonia.
When more gasoline enters the lungs, it will destroy the respiratory epithelium, alveolar wall and pulmonary capillaries, damage the surfactant lining the alveoli and terminal bronchioles, causing severe respiratory failure, severe hypoxia, and severe hypoxia. may lead to death. The amount of gasoline swallowed also causes abdominal pain, chest tightness and nausea.
If absorbed from the lungs and intestines into the blood to the brain, gasoline will act directly on brain cells, causing symptoms of lethargy, irritability, convulsions, and coma.
What to do when drinking the wrong gasoline:
Do not hook the throat to cause vomiting: People often think that hooking the throat causes vomiting in order to remove toxins from the body. However, doing this will cause more gasoline vapors to penetrate into the respiratory tract as well as vomit material into the airways. It is best to take them to the hospital in time for proper treatment. Monitor the victim's condition: If the victim is conscious, reassure them that help is coming and discourage them from vomiting. If the person vomits, help them lean forward or turn their head to the side to prevent choking or aspiration. If the victim stops breathing, stops coughing, stops moving, doesn't respond, you need to perform CPR immediately: Place the victim on his back and start chest compressions. With each compression, the center of the victim's chest should be pressed down to about 5 cm or 1/3 to 1/2 of the chest thickness. Press quickly 30 times at a rate of about 100 times a minute. Then tilt the victim's head back and lift their chin. Squeeze the victim's nose and blow into their mouth until the victim's chest rises. Take 2 breaths, each about 1 second long, then continue chest compressions. Repeat the cycle of 30 chest compressions and two breaths until the victim recovers or rescue arrives. Esophageal burns caused by chemicals in general and by gasoline in particular are very dangerous and can be fatal if not detected in time and treated properly. Treatment of esophageal burns can also be difficult, especially when the scarring caused by the burn can narrow the esophagus. When you drink the wrong chemical in general and because of gasoline in particular, you should immediately be taken to the nearest medical facility, depending on the level, the doctor will have an appropriate treatment attitude.
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