TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Licking as an out-of-hospital burns treatment-An isolated cultural phenomenon?
JO  - Burns: journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
A1  - Seoighe, Deirdre M.
A1  - Baker, Joseph F.
A1  - Conroy, Frank
SP  - 348
EP  - 350
VL  - 37
IS  - 2
N2  - Wound management in burns is a potentially complex issue. Salivary constituents have been shown experimentally to be of benefit in the treatment of thermal injuries. In our clinical experience we have encountered patients who have saliva directly applied to the burn wound prior to presenting to the national burns service. The practice is known as "Licking". We report two cases to illustrate the presentations we have encountered. We believe that these illustrate an isolated phenomenon unique to the Republic of Ireland.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0305-4179
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2010.08.008
ID  - ref1
ER  -