While you may not consider skin in the same category as the heart, lungs, kidneys, and other organs, the skin is actually the largest organ of the body.
It serves many purposes: protects the internal organs, acts as a barrier against viruses and bacteria, regulates our body temperature, and allows our cells to "breathe.
" Therefore, when the skin suffers an injury such as a burn, it can cause severe damages.
Your skin can become burned in different ways, not just by exposure to fire.
Besides heat and flame, your skin can be injured with corrosive liquids such as chlorine and other chemicals, electricity, ultraviolet rays, steam, hot liquids, radiation, friction, and even wind.
Depending on the source of the injury, doctors may choose to treat your burns in different ways.
Additionally, one important thing to look at in the treatment and care of burns is the level of the injury.
Skin burns are divided into three different levels: first degree, second degree, and third degree.
First degree burns are the most minor, affecting only the outer layer of the skin.
They typically cause redness, swelling, and pain.
In most cases, sunburn is only a first degree burn.
You may experience tenderness and tightness of your skin, and it may seem to radiate heat.
Most first degree burns are treatable at home.
If you are burned by a single thing, like a touch of the hot stove, you should run the burn under cool water.
You can take aspirin to reduce the pain, and you may want to rub on burn ointment or aloe vera to soothe your skin.
Avoid butter and antiseptic creams like Neosporin because they can make your burn worse.
Next, second degree burns are worse than first degree.
These burns reach through the first layer of skin and also affect the underlying layer.
Like first degree burns, they can cause pain, redness, and swelling, but the other identifying characteristic of second degree burns is that they can blister.
In this case, do not peel off deadened skin or break the blister, as bacteria can get in the wound and cause serious infections.
This level of burns may require medical attention.
However, there are things that you can do at home to help reduce your pain.
Keep your scald in cold water for at least five minutes, then you can use a plastic-wrapped cold compress to cool the skin as well.
Don't let cloth adhere to your wound, as it can peel off your skin when removed.
Third degree burns are the worst.
They penetrate all layers of the skin, which can turn your skin black or white and cause numbness.
These burns can be deadly and require immediate medical attention.
Burns can permanent damage your skin and the underlying tissue.
If you have been burned due to another person's reckless actions, he or she should be held liable for the negligence.
To help you get the financial compensation that you deserve, talk to the experienced accident attorneys from Friedman & Bonebrake, P.
C.
, today.
It serves many purposes: protects the internal organs, acts as a barrier against viruses and bacteria, regulates our body temperature, and allows our cells to "breathe.
" Therefore, when the skin suffers an injury such as a burn, it can cause severe damages.
Your skin can become burned in different ways, not just by exposure to fire.
Besides heat and flame, your skin can be injured with corrosive liquids such as chlorine and other chemicals, electricity, ultraviolet rays, steam, hot liquids, radiation, friction, and even wind.
Depending on the source of the injury, doctors may choose to treat your burns in different ways.
Additionally, one important thing to look at in the treatment and care of burns is the level of the injury.
Skin burns are divided into three different levels: first degree, second degree, and third degree.
First degree burns are the most minor, affecting only the outer layer of the skin.
They typically cause redness, swelling, and pain.
In most cases, sunburn is only a first degree burn.
You may experience tenderness and tightness of your skin, and it may seem to radiate heat.
Most first degree burns are treatable at home.
If you are burned by a single thing, like a touch of the hot stove, you should run the burn under cool water.
You can take aspirin to reduce the pain, and you may want to rub on burn ointment or aloe vera to soothe your skin.
Avoid butter and antiseptic creams like Neosporin because they can make your burn worse.
Next, second degree burns are worse than first degree.
These burns reach through the first layer of skin and also affect the underlying layer.
Like first degree burns, they can cause pain, redness, and swelling, but the other identifying characteristic of second degree burns is that they can blister.
In this case, do not peel off deadened skin or break the blister, as bacteria can get in the wound and cause serious infections.
This level of burns may require medical attention.
However, there are things that you can do at home to help reduce your pain.
Keep your scald in cold water for at least five minutes, then you can use a plastic-wrapped cold compress to cool the skin as well.
Don't let cloth adhere to your wound, as it can peel off your skin when removed.
Third degree burns are the worst.
They penetrate all layers of the skin, which can turn your skin black or white and cause numbness.
These burns can be deadly and require immediate medical attention.
Burns can permanent damage your skin and the underlying tissue.
If you have been burned due to another person's reckless actions, he or she should be held liable for the negligence.
To help you get the financial compensation that you deserve, talk to the experienced accident attorneys from Friedman & Bonebrake, P.
C.
, today.