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April 10, 2018 at 3:06 pm

WHAT IS BURN?

A burn is damage to your body’s tissues caused by heat, chemicals, electricitysunlight, or radiation. Scalds from hot liquids and steam, building fires and flammable liquids and gases are the most common causes of burns. Another kind is an inhalation injury, caused by breathing smoke

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TYPES OF BURN

  • First-degree burns damage only the outer layer of skin
  • Second-degree burns damage the outer layer and the layer underneath
  • Third-degree burns damage or destroy the deepest layer of skin and tissues underneath