Maqua (Therapeutic Burn) as an Indicator of Underlying Disease

Rosenberg, Lior; Sagi, Amir; Stahl, Nador; Greber, Baruch; Benmeir, P.

doi:10.1097/00006534-198808000-00011

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“…The practice involves application of alcohol to the rim of a cup or glass, which is then heated and applied to the skin creating a suction effect resulting in production of an erythematous to ecchymotic lesion. 113 An 11-year-old Bedouin child was evaluated for child abuse after having bilateral dorsal hand and that the majority occurred secondary to the child placing an object in an outlet, touching a cord while plugging it in, or placing a cord in the mouth. 111,112 Maquas are small deep burns inflicted to the skin near diseased organs as part of a therapeutic process most often seen in the Arabic culture.…”

Section: Burns Associated With Cultural Medicine Practicesmentioning

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Abusive Burns

Knox¹,

Starling²

2011

Child Abuse and Neglect

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Section: Burns Associated With Cultural Medicine Practicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Abusive Burns

Knox¹,

Starling²

2011

Child Abuse and Neglect

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Mechanical and Thermal Injury

Kennedy¹,

Burd²

2004

Rook's Textbook of Dermatology

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The skin is constantly subjected to both internal and external mechanical forces, so that for experimental purposes it may be impossible to determine what constitutes the normal resting state. These forces are likely to be as important in the maintenance of the structural integrity of the connective tissues of the skin [1,2] as they are with bone, which becomes demineralized during the protracted absence of normal gravitational force during space travel [3]. In contrast to events in the whole organism, isolated human dermal fibroblasts in culture make more collagen when subjected to reduced gravity [4]. Many normal biochemical functions of the skin are dependent on appropri-ate mechanical forces, and when these become excessive, as in lymphoedema, protease inhibitors are released with many deleterious consequences [5].Healthy skin is well adapted to resist the adverse effects of a wide range of mechanical injuries [6]. These include friction, pressure, contusion, laceration, suction and vibration. The clinical consequence of injury will depend on characteristics of the noxious stimulus, such as its intensity and duration. Factors related to the skin also influence the response; thus, the same degree of friction may produce a blister in one person but no visible change in another. Time is required for adaptive responses, such as callus formation and lichenification, to occur.

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