Examination of Burn Patients Associated with Spray-can Products

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  • Gonda Ayako
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sapporo Medical University
  • Yotsuyanagi Takatoshi
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sapporo Medical University
  • Yamashita Ken
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sapporo Medical University
  • Katono Naho
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sapporo Medical University
  • Harada Jiro
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sapporo Medical University
  • Miyabayashi Asako
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sapporo Medical University
  • Onuma Masahiro
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sapporo Medical University
  • Kitada Ayaka
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sapporo Medical University
  • Kato Shinji
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sapporo Medical University
  • Hamamoto Yusuke
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sapporo Medical University
  • Sugai Asuka
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sunagawa City Medical Center

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  • エアゾール噴霧剤に関連した熱傷患者の検討

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 Many commercially available spray-can products (aerosol products), such as deodorant spray, hair spray, waterproof spray, and insecticide spray, are being used daily for various purposes. Most people are not aware that many of these products contain flammable gases and that there are many accidents caused by fires or explosions due to the flammable gases.<br>  In the past 10 years, among the burn patients treated at our department, 5 patients were burned due to fires or explosions from overheating of home appliances caused by the spray from spray-can products. The home appliance was a water heater in 4 of these 5 burn cases.<br>  All the patients treated at our department had mild to moderate burns, but there have been reports of patients with severe burns and patients who died from burns caused by fires or explosions when using spray-can products. Large explosions caused by aerosol products that had been disposed of in rubbish have recently been occurring in Japan. People must be made aware of the risks of fires and explosions caused by flammable gases in spray-can products.

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