Camphor burns of the palm and non-suicidal self-injury: An uncommonly reported, but socially relevant issue
Camphor is a waxy white sublimating chemical derived from natural as well as synthetic sources and widely used in various communities worldwide for a number of medicinal, culinary, and religious reasons. Camphor is burnt as an offering to God in many religious communities. We report three incidences...
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| author | Ravi Kumar Chittoria Devi Prasad Mohapatra Meethale Thiruvoth Friji S. Dinesh Kumar Arjun Asokan Sandhya Pandey |
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| description | Camphor is a waxy white sublimating chemical derived from natural as well as synthetic sources and widely used in various communities worldwide for a number of medicinal, culinary, and religious reasons. Camphor is burnt as an offering to God in many religious communities. We report three incidences of self inflicted injury from burning camphor on the palm resulting in full thickness burns. Non-suicidal self-injury is socially unacceptable destruction or alteration of body tissue when there is no suicidal intent or pervasive developmental disorder and we have explored an association between this and burn injury. This report also highlights the unique social and cultural pattern of this burn injury and the importance of psycho-therapeautic help for these victims. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fb7a8ad4c97e4166bbc0910f8387ceb32025-08-20T03:06:19ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery0970-03581998-376X2014-05-01470225225510.4103/0970-0358.138968Camphor burns of the palm and non-suicidal self-injury: An uncommonly reported, but socially relevant issueRavi Kumar Chittoria0Devi Prasad Mohapatra1Meethale Thiruvoth Friji2S. Dinesh Kumar3Arjun Asokan4Sandhya Pandey5Department of Plastic Surgery, Super Speciality Block, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, IndiaDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Super Speciality Block, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, IndiaDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Super Speciality Block, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, IndiaDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Super Speciality Block, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, IndiaDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Super Speciality Block, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, IndiaDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Super Speciality Block, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, IndiaCamphor is a waxy white sublimating chemical derived from natural as well as synthetic sources and widely used in various communities worldwide for a number of medicinal, culinary, and religious reasons. Camphor is burnt as an offering to God in many religious communities. We report three incidences of self inflicted injury from burning camphor on the palm resulting in full thickness burns. Non-suicidal self-injury is socially unacceptable destruction or alteration of body tissue when there is no suicidal intent or pervasive developmental disorder and we have explored an association between this and burn injury. This report also highlights the unique social and cultural pattern of this burn injury and the importance of psycho-therapeautic help for these victims.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0970-0358.138968camphor burnsfull thickness burnshand burnsnon-suicidal self-injuryself-inflicted violence |
| spellingShingle | Ravi Kumar Chittoria Devi Prasad Mohapatra Meethale Thiruvoth Friji S. Dinesh Kumar Arjun Asokan Sandhya Pandey Camphor burns of the palm and non-suicidal self-injury: An uncommonly reported, but socially relevant issue Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery camphor burns full thickness burns hand burns non-suicidal self-injury self-inflicted violence |
| title | Camphor burns of the palm and non-suicidal self-injury: An uncommonly reported, but socially relevant issue |
| title_full | Camphor burns of the palm and non-suicidal self-injury: An uncommonly reported, but socially relevant issue |
| title_fullStr | Camphor burns of the palm and non-suicidal self-injury: An uncommonly reported, but socially relevant issue |
| title_full_unstemmed | Camphor burns of the palm and non-suicidal self-injury: An uncommonly reported, but socially relevant issue |
| title_short | Camphor burns of the palm and non-suicidal self-injury: An uncommonly reported, but socially relevant issue |
| title_sort | camphor burns of the palm and non suicidal self injury an uncommonly reported but socially relevant issue |
| topic | camphor burns full thickness burns hand burns non-suicidal self-injury self-inflicted violence |
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