INTOXICACION POR CAUSTICOS: ACIDO SULFURICO CAUSTIC INTOXICATION: SULFURIC ACID CELI ROMERO CELIA ELENA UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA DE MACHALA, ECUADOR, elenaceliromero@gmail.com
Sulfuric acid is highly corrosive, colorless,
ABSTRACT A caustic substance is one of that has an injury bejhavior in its place of acción, attacking the cell membranes and causing the subsequent destuction of exposed tissues and its necrosis. Caustic acids
oily and transparent. It dissolves in wáter present in the air and can be suspensed for a long time, where it is carried to the rain, contributing in the formation of acid rain. (2)
produce coagulative necrosis and are those
Sulfuric acid is highly irritating and
acids having a pH ranging from 0 to 2. (1)
corrosive and its exposure in suficient
Ingestión of these acids will produce oral discomfort
quickly
and
imminently,
presenting a burning sensation in the mouth and great pain, the same pain would limit the intake of these acids, except those who voluntarily
ingest
them
for
suicidal
purposes, psychiatric patients or those who are under psychotropic substances. The pain ythat occurs triggers a glorious réflex
concentrations affects the skin, ayer, respiratory tract and digestive tract. If sulfuric acid vapors are inhaled, they may erode the teeth and irritate respiratory tract. If it is consumed burn the mouth, throat, hole in the stomach and cause death. On contact with the skin, it will suffer chemical burns, and if contact with the sulfuric acido n the face can lead to blindness. (2)
spasm, regurgitation of the intrapharyngeal
Keywords: intoxication, caustics, sulfuric
bolus and thus the production of lingua,
acid, burns
intraoral and facial burns that can reach the
RESUMEN
chin section, the upper part of the torax and the abdomen by subsequent vomiting. (1)
Una sustancia caustica es aquella que tiene un comportamiento lesional en su lugar de
One of the very caustic acids used is sulfuric acid.
entrada, atacando las membranas celulares y produciendo la posterior destrucción de los tejidos expuestos y la posterior necrosis.