A hot water burn is a thermal injury that results in cell death.
Thermal eye injury triggers inflammatory processes, including
inflammatory cell influx and/or the activation of various inflammatory
cells, which result in the rapid accumulation of extravascular fluid in
the ocular tissue. The ocular effect depends on the temperature of the
water, and the final visual outcome depends on the severity of the
damage to the intraocular structures. We report a 23-year-old woman who
experienced a facial hot water burn that resulted in blindness. The
patient presented late to the hospital after the unsuccessful use of
traditional medication. Facial burns are a known cause of blindness.
Public health education on prompt hospital presentation, and resistance
to the use of potentially harmful traditional medicine in facial burns
is suggested