Your skin can be affected by fire in so many ways. It can burn it, scar it, cause it to become red and sore, or even melt it right down to the bone. We have seven layers of skin and the more a fire touches you, the deeper the burn will go. Any degree of burn is bad, but some are much worse than others. Different burns are treated differently. Some may need ointment, some may need to be covered, others burns you may need to be in the hospital for because you are so badly injured. When a burn is so bad that you have to be hospitalized, you know you are injured.
Severe burns can cause nerve damage, muscle damage, cell damage, and more. It can cause the body to bleed badly. Some people have to have surgery and skin grafts to help with the scarring. Others can lose their lives because too much damage has been done for the body to survive. Infections can set in and sometimes treatment is just not enough. The pain from severe burns is said to be some of the worst there is. Most severe burn patients have to be heavily sedated in order to even endure the pain much less the injuries themselves.
When you are working with heat or fire, you must always use caution because fire is very unpredictable in that it can blaze out of control when you least expect it. Hundreds to thousands of people are in the hospital due to being burned and many times they have to live with the scars the rest of their lives. Even children are in there, it is very scary to think about it, but it does happen. Keep kids away from fire or anything hot because they can or will get hurt. Children often do not realize the danger of fire.
Sometimes people that are in a fire might survive any burns they can get, but if they are exposed for long to the extreme heat or smoke that the fire can produce, can damage the inside of the body as well as the inside. The smoke can be inhaled and cause choking and the heat can actually singe the interior lining of the lungs. Those people may have to be on a breathing machine to help them stay alive. It can take a long time to recover from injuries such as these and death is not uncommon. Not all burn victims suffer from damage as severe as this, but any time you get burned it is not going to be a pleasant experience.
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