Natural Help for Burns

Title: Natural Help for Burns Category: First-Aid Clicks: 25 Listing added: Dec 15, 2008 Comments: 0

When damage to the skin and exposed mucosal surfaces (such as the gullet or airways) are caused by intense heat, boiling water or strong chemicals – we describe this as a burn. While burns are a type of traumatic physical injury caused by thermal, electrical, chemical, or electromagnetic energy, scalds are the damage caused by contact with hot fluids. Both infants and the elderly are at the greatest risk for burn injury. When a burn occurs there may be obvious and immediate damage to the skin, which can cause much pain.