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What is the best way to treat a sodium hydroxide burn?

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Exposure to sodium hydroxide solid or solution can cause skin and eye irritation. Direct contact with the solid or with concentrated solutions causes thermal and chemical burns leading to deep-tissue injuries. read more

If you put vinegar on a sodium hydroxide burn you are in for a world of pain. It may help to immediately neutralize the chemical itself but cold water is best to clean it off. This is from personal experience with many sodium hydroxide burns and tests with vinegar and water. Milk as well will help with the pain. read more

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