Flame or fire which is the most common type of burn injury seen in our population
Burn injury can be due to
Of all these agents which cause burn, fire or flame burns are the most common. It is so common in our population that flame burn has become synonymous with burn unless specific other causes are mentioned.
Applying skin moisturizers helps the healing process and controls the pain. Some peeling occurs, but there is no scarring. Most first-degree burns heal after a few days
Second degree burn destroys the top layers of skin, which causes blistering. It is best to keep them covered using a clean, non-stick bandage and seek medical attention. These burn usually heal with regular dressings and if it does not heal within 21 days, would require skin grafting.
A third-degree burn goes very deep into the skin, causing it to feel dry and hard. These burn cannot heal well without a surgery and skin grafting.
With any type of burn, make sure you keep yourself hydrated
It's common for adults and children to burn themselves by touching a hot surface.
Patients with burn are managed depending on severity of the burn. Each kind of burn needs special care and attention to decide the treatment. Apart from type of burn, we always look for the depth of burn and the percentage of surface area of body covered by the burn injury.
First is to re-hydrate the patient with lots of IV fluids and to avoid further fluid loss by dressings. Pain medications are to be given along with antibiotics and anxiety medications.
Once initial treatment is done, regular dressings are done every alternate day
The time taken in healing and the need for surgical or medical treatment is different in different degrees of burn.
First-degree burns require only application of topical soothing agents and pain killers, if needed.
Second-degree burns need dressings with topical antibiotic creams and ointments. They usually heal by dressings only within 2 to 3 weeks without leaving much scar. Specialized dressings for burn wounds are available which are impregnated with nano crystalline silver, collagen protein or antibiotics which help in preventing wound infection and hasten the healing process. Advanced dressings are now used to initiate early healing process. Deeper second-degree burns form a raw area after regular dressings in few cases which would require skin grafting.
Third-degree and fourth degree burns require surgical procedures for cleaning of wound, removal of dead skin followed by coverage with skin graft or flap. In a patient with thermal burn or flame burn, depending on the time of contact with fire- few areas are superficial, few are deep and of third degree. This distinction between superficial and deep burn is never visible immediately and is usually seen after 3-4 days of burn. The superficial areas heal with regular dressings and deeper areas require regular dressings for longer duration and may be skin grafting or flap at joints in future.
In cases of thermal burn of third degree or deep second-degree burn, where it is known and anticipated that the areas would definitely require grafting in future, early primary excision of the area and coverage of the area with skin graft can prevent a lot of complications like septicaemia, infection and help in faster recovery of the patient and earlier discharge from the hospital.
If the burn area which does not heal on its own or within a month should ideally be grafted with skin. These raw areas if not grafted lead to-
Skin grafting is the transfer of thin skin sheet, usually taken from thigh, to cover the raw areas of the burn. Once the wound is healthy, skin grafting may be done if defect is not much deep and vitals structures are embedded in granulation tissue. In such cases, dressing is done every alternate day after surgery. Patient may be discharged after 5-6 days, and regular follow-up is required. The area gradually heals and need compression garment later to avoid hypertrophy of scars and to reduce the swelling.
Thermal burns usually require skin graft only for healing and would require flaps in exceptional cases. Cases of electric burn require flaps as the area of burn is quite deep.
Once patient has healed completely, physical and occupational therapy is required to rehabilitate the patient. This will include various exercises, pressure garments and surgical procedures, if any, to correct the deformities caused due to burn.
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Acute pain will be there for almost a week which gradually reduces and there will be soreness and swelling which may take up to 3 weeks to subside.
You can join your work and daily routines after a week of the procedure and can start exercising after 3 weeks of it.
Yes, you have to wear it round the clock unless we suggest you to remove it.
This surgery does not affect the ducts or the areas of the breast involved in milk production. Thus, it does not affect the breast feeding.
This surgery does not affect the ducts or the areas of the breast involved in milk production. Thus, it does not affect the breast feeding.
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