Burns, Blisters, Chemicals, Infectants, Full thickness burns.
Root Cause of Disease
Chemical burns occur when some or all of the cells in the skin or other tissues are destroyed. A burn is an injury to the skin or other organic tissue primarily caused by heat or due to radiation, radioactivity, electricity, friction, or contact with chemicals.
Symptoms
The following are the most common symptoms of a full-thickness, third-degree burn. However, each child may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include
- Dry and leathery skin
- Black, white, brown, or yellow skin
- Swelling
- Lack of pain because nerve endings have been destroyed
3rd-degree burn:
This burn reaches the fat layer beneath the skin. Burned areas may be black, brown, or white. The skin may look leathery. Third-degree burns can destroy nerves, causing numbness.
Causes
In most cases, full-thickness, third-degree burns are caused by the following:
- A scalding liquid
- Skin that comes in contact with a hot object for an extended period of time
- Flames from a fire
- An electrical source
- A chemical source
Home Remedies to treat 3rd Degree Burns
For serious burns, after appropriate first aid and wound assessment, your treatment may involve medications, wound dressings, therapy and surgery. The goals of treatment are to control pain, remove dead tissue, prevent infection, reduce scarring risk and regain function.
Remedy – 1: Rinsing with Cool Water
Materials: Cool water
Procedure:
When you get a small burn at home, the first thing to do is run cool water over the area for several minutes.
Then cleanse with a bar of mild soap and rinse thoroughly. Make sure the water is not too cold.
Remedy – 2: Cool Compression
Materials: Towel and Cool water
Procedure:
After rinsing and cleansing a minor burn, you can apply a cool compress for additional relief. Use a clean wet cloth and apply to the affected areas for 5-15 minutes at a time. Using compresses for too long can further irritate the skin.
Remedy – 3: Aloe vera
Materials: Aloe vera
Procedure:
After cleansing the burn, apply pure aloe vera to the affected area. If you use a store-bought aloe vera product, check the ingredients.
Do not use anything that contains fragrance or other irritants that may make it harder to heal. Reapply aloe vera a few times per day or as needed for relief.
Product link: Aloevera
Remedy – 4: Honey
Materials: Honey
Procedure:
Honey is thought to reduce infection and inflammation and therefore healing times, perhaps because honey is acidic and so may lower the pH of a burn, blunting bacterial growth. The sugar in honey may also dry up bacteria.
After rinsing and cleansing a minor burn, you can apply honey directly to the skin.
Product link: Honey
Preventions
Burns has many accidental causes. You can take these steps to reduce the risk of burns:
- Wear sunscreen.
- Set your home’s hot water heater below 120 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Always test the water in a shower or bath before getting in or bathing a child.
- Lock up chemicals, lighters, and matches.
- Use the stove’s back burners as much as possible when cooking, turn the handles of pots and pans where they won’t bump, and don’t leave the stove unattended.
- Don’t hold a child when you’re near hot objects, such as the stove.
- Set safeguards around a fireplace and never leave a child unattended.
- Install and regularly test smoke detectors in your home.
- Stock your home with fire extinguishers and know how to use them.
- Cover electrical outlets.
