Burns — Diagnosis and treatment | Amandeep Hospital
Burn Treatment in Amritsar Burn injuries can range from trivial ones which heal with minimal intervention to devastating life changing ones where normal appearance and function are hard to get back. Cause of burn can be varied, like electric injury, scald burn ( hot liquid falling on body) , flame burn ( direct exposure to fire), inhalation burn, acid and other corrosives, and even due to friction. Treatment of burn depends on a lot of factors like age of the person, type of burn, extent of body surface involved , depth of burn and other co-morbid conditions like diabetes , cardiac disease etc. Immediate management of burn, other than in case of electric injury, is to wash out the offending agent with cold , running water. Other than 1st degree burn, every burn requires referral to specialized plastic and burn unit. Degrees of burn are: 1st degree:- when it is only a reddish appearing skin ( Only epidermal involvement...