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Burn
Also known as Burn Injury
A burn is a type of injury to flesh or skin caused by heat, electricity, chemicals, friction, or radiation. Burns that affect only the superficial skin are known as superficial or first-degree burns. When damage penetrates into some of the underlying layers, it is a partial-thickness or second-degree burn. In a full-thickness or third-degree burn, the injury extends to all layers of the skin. A fourth-degree burn additionally involves injury to deeper tissues, such as muscle or bone.
Source: WikipediaWhat are the symptoms?
Within all the people who go to their doctor with burn, 26% report having knee pain, 24% report having headache, and 19% report having hand or finger pain.
What might my doctor prescribe?
Common Tests and Procedures
Patients with burn often receive plain x-ray, wound care management, x-ray computed tomography, application of splint, cat scan of head, suturing of wound, blood alcohol and toxicology screen .
Common Medications
The most commonly prescribed drugs for patients with burn include silver sulfadiazine topical, bacitracin (septa), tetanus toxoid vaccine (adacel), diphtheria toxoid vaccine / tetanus toxoid vaccine, iodine topical, silver nitrate topical each, emollients, topical, aloe vera topical, benzalkonium chloride-lidocaine topical, bacitracin topical, collagen, sterile water and tetanus immune globulin, human .
Who is at risk?
Groups of people at highest risk for burn include .
Age
| < 1 years | 0.5x | |
| 1-4 years | 1.5x | |
| 5-14 years | 1.5x | |
| 15-29 years | 1.4x | |
| 30-44 years | 1.0x | |
| 45-59 years | 0.8x | |
| 60-74 years | 0.6x | |
| 75+ years | 0.7x |
Sex
| Male | 1.4x | |
| Female | 0.7x |
Race/Ethnicity
| Black | 0.9x | |
| Hispanic | 0.9x | |
| White | 1.1x | |
| Other | 1.0x |
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