Types and symptoms of burns

Laryngeal burns occur for the same reasons as pharyngeal burns: swallowing and aspirating caustic liquids, inhaling caustic vapors and hot smoke during a fire. The trachea and bronchi may be affected at the same time.

Throat burns occur most often when strong acids and alkalis are consciously or accidentally consumed. These burns are called chemical burns, as opposed to thermal burns, which can occur when forced to inhale hot air during a fire, explosions of flammable gas, etc.

Chemical burns of the auricle and external auditory canal (as well as other parts of the body) occur as a result of the action of various aggressive substances that, upon contact with living tissue, cause a local inflammatory reaction, and, at significant concentrations and a certain exposure, coagulation of cellular proteins and necrosis.

Chemical burns are tissue damage caused by direct exposure to chemical agents. The most common areas affected are the face, hands, esophagus, and stomach.