Accidents - Heat or infrared lamps - 6-15 years old - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 16
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 03/11/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Heat or infrared lamps
PATIENT LOOKED DIRECTLY INTO A HEAT LAMP IN HIS NEW HOME, BEGAN TO HAVE REDNESS AND PAIN TO EYES. DX-UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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