Folk medicine: Is the solution or problem?

Ceran, Fatih; Basat, Salih Onur; Datlı, Aslı; Kapi, Emin; Bozkurt, Mehmet Abdussamet

doi:10.5455/aces.20171111013423

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“…The use of these materials makes it difficult to understand and realize the depth and degree of burns, as well as causing great pain when dressing changes. Traditional treatments for burns are still widely applied in parts of the world, including: ink, soy sauce, vegetable oil, toothpaste, honey, eggs, butter, African methods (mud, burnt snail shells, urine, and cow dung), and licking the area wounds (Ceran et al, 2017). Case study research on 5 patients showed that the use of black shoe polish as a topical burn wound made it difficult to understand and realize the depth and degree of burns, as well as causing severe pain in the surgical procedure, and leaving tattoo marks on the wound because the polish can easily penetrate the skin which is intact and burning (Ceran et al, 2017).…”

Section: Local Materials Used As a Topical Medication For Burnsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Topical Agents Used by Housewives as First Aid Burns in Sleman District Yogyakarta Indonesia

Nofiyanto

Nirmalasari

2020

JKRY

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Burns are the most potential type of injury experienced by housewives. The use of topical agents for first aid burns that are inappropriate or not standardized can worsen the condition. This purpose of this study was to determine the used of topical first aid agents for burns to housewives. This was a descriptive observational study, included 84 respondents were selected using simple random sampling technique with the criteria of housewives who are still actively doing activities in the kitchen, as well as other household activities. Questionnaire was used to collecting the data. The data was analysis descriptively. The average age of respondents was 43.63 years (SD 11.46), most burns occurred while cooking 61 (73.5%), the most common cause was exposure to hot oil 54 (64.3%), the highest frequency was less than 5 times a year 50 (60.2%), most suffered injuries in the hand area of 49 (59%), with the most injuries being 1-3 cm 42 (50.6%), the wound condition was mostly 58 (69.9%), and recovered well, with little trace of 65 (78.3%). The most risky household activity is cooking 69 (82.1%). Nearly all 82 respondents (97.6%) practiced the use of topical agents for burns, with the most use being toothpaste 34 (41.5%), while the herbs commonly used were Aloe vera, as many as 19 (23.2% ). There is still the practice of using topical agents for burns that have not been standardize /not quite right on housewives in the Sleman district.

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Section: Local Materials Used As a Topical Medication For Burnsmentioning

confidence: 99%