When a person accidentally or with suicidal intention consumes corrosive substances, the condition is known as corrosive ingestion (caustic ingestion). Based on the severity of the condition and amount of substance ingested, corrosive ingestion causes damage to oral mucosa, esophagus and the lining of the stomach.
Patients exhibit signs and symptoms of
Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy may be done to assess the extent of damage. This will help in categorize severe from a non-severe form of injury.Perforation along the digestive tract is treated by surgery and procedure is chosen based on its severity and site.
Deep ulcers heal with narrowing of food-pipe and need serial endoscopic dilatation later (usually after a month). If strictures (narrowing) of esophagus and stomach are severe and resistant to endoscopic treatment, surgery is required.
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