Lahore Care Hospital, Lahore

 

Burn Treatment in Lahore

 

Burns are an injury due to thermal, chemical, electrical shock or electromagnetic energy . Commonly burn cause of adults is an open flame.  Infants and elderly are at the highest risk for burn injury as well as house holding women. Severe Burns especially second & third degree burns often require emergency medical care.

Burns Classification

Burns are classified as under:

1.      First Degree

2.      Second Degree

3.      Third Degree

It depends on the depth and severity of  the penetration to the skin’s surface

 

First Degree:

The First Degree burns affect only the outer skin of the body, the epidermins. The burn area parts of the body becomes red, painful, dry and with no blisters, for example: Mild Sunburn. Long Term Tissue damage is rare and usually consists of change of skin color.

 

There are many types of Burn:

A burn injury commonly is results from an energy transfer to the body.