A burn injury can be caused by many
different sources. Some of these include friction, electricity, and
heat. A burn injury can vary greatly regarding the type of tissue that
is affected by the burn injury, how severe the burn injury is, and the
medical complications that result from a burn injury. Burn injuries can
cause damage other than to the skin itself. A burn injury can affect
the burn victim’s muscles, blood vessels, and bones as well.
A burn injury causes the victim great pain due to damage to the nerve
endings.
A burn injury can be fatal. There is a wide
variety of major and potentially fatal complications the victim can
experience form a burn injury including electrolyte imbalance,
infection of the skin and muscles, shock, and respiratory injury. A
burn injury can also cause distress emotionally and psychologically due
to scarring and physical deformity.
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one stop resource center to ensure professional information is made
available to the burn survivor, to the many people who are searching
for critical information on behalf of a loved one, to the family and to
the professionals. We hope that this site will be able to assist you
with valuable advice, guidance, products and support that otherwise
might not be easily available to you.