Burns
Burns are the injury of the muscle tissue or skin damage due to the breakdown of proteins, and thus break up the skin cells in the area of injury due to exposure to high temperatures or electricity, chemicals or radiation, and disrupts the work and functions of different skin, and vary the intensity of burns according to depth; First degree burns, second-degree burns, third-degree burns and fourth-degree burns, which are the most severe and most dangerous.
Degrees of burns
The skin covers the bodies of living organisms, and the skin in the human body is one of the defense lines, it protects from bacteria, bacteria and chemicals, and maintains the temperature of the body, in addition to the skin contains nerve endings that give the body the ability to touch and pain, and the skin consists of three The outer layer called the skin, the subcutaneous layer called the dermis, the inner layer called the subcutaneous tissue, and the burns are classified based on the degree of entry into the three layers of skin, these degrees are:
First degree burns
Injury to first-degree burns is superficial, and can be treated quickly by placing cool water compresses on the injury, and using burns ointments.
Second degree burns
Infection causes second degree burns to the dermis. These burns cause skin bubbles, as well as severe pain at the site of the injury, and require treatment to see the doctor to perform the necessary procedures, and need to be cured for a long period of up to two weeks.
Third degree burns
Third-degree burns may affect all layers of the skin, and may be painful, and may not be accompanied by any pain, in the case of destruction of nerve endings, and is hidden by surgery.
Class IV burns
Class IV burns are all layers of the skin, as well as deeper tissues, such as muscles or bones, requiring immediate medical intervention for treatment.
Signs of healing burns
- First-degree burns can be cured when the redness and irritation of the skin disappears and returns to normal.
- The disappearance of bubbles that may occur in some cases of burns, where the color begins to turn to dark brown, and then begin to heal and disappear.
- Inflammation of ulcers and ulcers from the infected area.
- Lack of pain in the area of injury, in addition to not feeling upset.
- Skin is restored to normal after skin patches are performed in advanced burns.
- In the case of burns of the fourth degree, recovery is confirmed by the return of infected organs to work normally.