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Man Gets Second-Degree Burns from Limes

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From the article:

"Man making margartias gets seond-degree burns"

[Aaron] Peers was squeezing limes to make margaritas in his backyard the Sunday before Memorial Day, never suspecting that the lime juice on his hands would turn toxic under the sun. The next night, burns started to appear, and by Tuesday he woke up to a huge blister on his hand. Peers and fiancee Alyse Golden rushed to the emergency room where he was diagnosed with second-degree burns,

It's a rare condition, thankfully. 

But who knew you had to be careful with limes when out in the sun?

Live and learn.

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No one ever heard of washing their hands (regardless) after handling citrus? Limes especially. Photodermatitis burn? I'm wondering how long it takes to cross the threshold with lime juice on your hands in the sunlight? Good to know about...

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Good information, actually. Thanks.

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No one ever heard of washing their hands (regardless) after handling citrus? Limes especially. Photodermatitis burn? I'm wondering how long it takes to cross the threshold with lime juice on your hands in the sunlight? Good to know about...

 

Variables are dose of lime rind  on the skin (its not the juice itself, but in the rind), how much light there is and individual reactivity.  In FL sunlight it wouldn't take too long at midday.

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Variables are dose of lime rind  on the skin (its not the juice itself, but in the rind), how much light there is and individual reactivity.  In FL sunlight it wouldn't take too long at midday.

 

The linked article says "citric acid," which is in the juice, not the rind. The Medscape article linked to from that article also says "lime juice and sun exposure."

"There is no sincerer love than the love of food."  -George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, Act 1

 

"Imagine all the food you have eaten in your life and consider that you are simply some of that food, rearranged."  -Max Tegmark, physicist

 

Gene Weingarten, writing in the Washington Post about online news stories and the accompanying readers' comments: "I basically like 'comments,' though they can seem a little jarring: spit-flecked rants that are appended to a product that at least tries for a measure of objectivity and dignity. It's as though when you order a sirloin steak, it comes with a side of maggots."

 

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Oh yes - happened to me years ago when I picked some limes and squeezed a bunch for a Vietnamese salad. I did rinse my hands, then went back outside to garden. Scared the ***** out of me when these dark brown patches appeared. I recall an article about parents getting in legal trouble for burning their toddler - he had gone to  town with citrus in  the yard (Florida I think).  

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Dose=exposure time+lime juice quantity/area of coverage.

 

The dude's hands must have been dripping with juice. Perhaps he was all macho-like hand squeezing? I use a juicer even for a quarter lime or half a key lime. 

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