Burn Thermal

Burns are damage to the skin and underlying tissues as a result of local exposure to high temperature or certain chemicals. The causes of burns can be very different: exposure to flames, hot liquids, hot objects, as well as prolonged local use of hot air or steam. Burns can occur from all sorts of physical factors - sunlight, sparks from welding (or electric arcs), thermal production processes, simply bathing in a bath with excessively hot water, etc.

Burn Thermal burns:

Thermal burn – tissue damage as a result of local thermal effects (thermal overheating) of various factors: hot liquid or steam; chemical substances; flames, etc. Thermal burn from the sun is more gentle, since all the thermal energy goes exclusively into the skin, without penetrating deeper into the body. While boiling water and other hot liquids can completely burn tissue, including tendons, joints and even bones.

Causes of burns:

- contact with acids on the skin;

-liquids of any temperature (hot, ice water);

- hot dust;

-sun rays, especially on the beach, which manifest themselves in the form of sunburn;

When determining the size and shape of a burn