Clinical and Epidemiological Profile of Patients with Corrosive Ingestion in a Tertiary Care Center of Telangana

Introduction: Acute corrosive poisonings are a serious sociomedical problem since they can result in severe oral, pharyngeal, esophageal and gastric lesions. The magnitude of the injury depends upon several factors such as the nature of the caustic agent, volume ingested, concentration, duration of mucosal exposure, age of the patient and the intent (suicidal or accidental).