{"id":9968,"date":"2019-07-31T20:19:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T20:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=256228"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:17:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:17:10","slug":"mom-warns-others-after-little-girls-skin-blisters-from-margarita-burn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/mom-warns-others-after-little-girls-skin-blisters-from-margarita-burn\/","title":{"rendered":"Mom Warns Others After Little Girl\u2019s Skin Blisters From \u2018Margarita Burn\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kaleigh Miller is a three-year-old girl who was enjoying some time outdoors with her mother, Sabrina. They ate some limes and then she played in the sun. It wasn\u2019t long before her face started turning red and she had blisters forming. Sabrina, her mother, didn\u2019t know what was happening and she started to panic.<\/span>The blisters continued to get worse.<\/span>The reason why she was experiencing this was due to phytophotodertmititis, a condition that is known as \u2018margarita burn.\u2019 It occured due to a chemical reaction from the citrus in the lime being exposed to sunlight.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: YouTube\/Inside Edition<\/span>
\n<\/span>Citrus and other foods can also trigger the issue, including celery, parsley, lemon and fennel.<\/span>\u201cShe would look at herself in the mirror and say, \u2018Why is this happening to me?\u2019 I was just kind of traumatized. I was, like, crying my eyes out, \u2018What\u2019s going on with her?\u2019\u201d said her mother Sabrina.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: YouTube\/Inside Edition<\/span>Fortunately, the burns didn\u2019t leave any permanent scars and she has since healed completely.<\/span>The three-year-old girl also kept her smile, but knew that she was going to follow a new rule from now on.<\/span>\u201cI can\u2019t play with limes in the sunshine,\u201d the little girl said.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: YouTube\/Inside Edition<\/span>
\n<\/span>Limes are often used in a variety of foods and refreshing drinks.<\/span>To pharmacy technician Elinda Xavier, however, the experience was quite different.<\/span>Xavier started noticing a burning sensation on her hands after making margaritas in the sun. Second-degree burns and blisters started appearing soon thereafter.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>An ingredient in limes makes them photosensitizers when they are exposed to sunlight. The chemical reaction leads to the burn. Furocoumarin is the name of the chemical.<\/span>\u201cI am shocked that this is even a thing.\u201d<\/span>
\n<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: YouTube\/Inside Edition<\/span>Xavier started documenting the burns on social media to let other people know about the issue.<\/span>\u201cThen Facebook censored my posts because they were so horrific.\u201d<\/span>It was difficult to handle the pain.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: YouTube\/Inside Edition<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u201cIf you\u2019ve ever scalded your hand under hot water, or steam, or anything like that. That\u2019s what it was like, except for a constant,\u201d said Xavier.<\/span>In a margarita burn, the affected area begins to get red followed by itching and burning and then blistering. Tylenol is typically used to treat less severe cases, along with hydrocortisone cream and cool compresses. It is similar to treating poison ivy or another type of rash.<\/span>It may be necessary to go to the doctor if it is more severe.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: YouTube\/Inside Edition<\/span>\u201cThey were amazing, I will not do it again though, I think I\u2019ve learned my lesson,\u201d said Xavier when asked how the margaritas were.<\/span>Fortunately, both of these individuals are doing much better.<\/span>Learn more in this video.<\/span>Proper BCS greatergood_ctg_abovevideo<\/span><\/span>Source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kaleigh Miller is a three-year-old girl who was enjoying some time outdoors with her mother, Sabrina. They ate some limes and then she played in the sun. It wasn\u2019t long before her face started turning red and she had blisters forming. Sabrina, her mother, didn\u2019t know what was happening and she started to panic.The blisters […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9969,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45760,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9968\/revisions\/45760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}