Third-degree burns, the most serious, involve all layers of skin. They are so deep that only the edges heal. Scars will eventually cover the rest of the burned area if skin grafting is not done.
What causes a third-degree burn injuries?
Third-degree burns are usually caused by:
clothing on fire
immersion in hot water
contact with flames, hot objects, or electricity
corrosive chemicals.
What are the symptoms?
The skin may be white, or it may be black and leathery. There may be little pain in the burned area, but the areas surrounding the burn may be quite painful.
How is it treated?
All third-degree burns require medical treatment. Call 911 for emergency rescue if available, or transport the person to an emergency room. Assist a burned person as follows:
If the person's clothes are burning, do not let the person run. Running can fan the flames so that they rise to the person's face. Smother the flames with a blanket, rug, or jacket, rolling the person on the ground if necessary.
DO NOT remove clothing that is stuck to the burn.
DO NOT apply ice water, lotions, ointments, sprays, or home remedies.
Remove jewelry and tight clothing from the burned area before swelling begins.
Immerse the burned area in cold water or apply cold moist cloths briefly to bring the body temperature back to normal. Leaving the burned area in cold water too long can lead to cooling down the body too much.
In extensive burns, check for these signs of shock:
decreased level of consciousness
rapid, shallow breathing
faint, rapid pulse
nausea, sometimes followed by vomiting.
If the person is in shock, be sure you have called for medical help. Do not move the person unless you have to. The person should be lying on their side to prevent choking in case of vomiting. Unless the person has trouble breathing or pain, raise the feet. Cover the person with a blanket to conserve body heat. Keep him or her as calm as possible.
Wrap the person loosely in a clean sheet if the burned area is extensive. Otherwise, apply dry, nonfluffy loose bandages, such as a pillowcase or clean disposable diaper.
Raise a burned arm or leg higher than the person's heart. However, keep the head and shoulders raised slightly if the person is burned on the neck or face or is having trouble breathing.
If the person is conscious and not vomiting and if medical help is more than 2 hours away, give small sips of water or clear juice. If the person is in shock, however, and asks for water, moisten the lips but do not allow drinking to help avoid vomiting.
DO NOT give the person alcohol.
For chemical burns follow these steps, making sure you avoid contact with the chemical:
Remove any clothing and jewelry on which the chemical has spilled.
Flush liquid chemicals from the skin thoroughly with running water for 15 to 30 minutes. Avoid splashing the chemical in the eyes.
Brush dry chemicals off the skin if large amounts of water are not available. Small amounts of water will activate some chemicals. Be careful not to get any of the chemicals in the eyes.
Cover the burn with a dry, loose bandage.
For electrical burns:
All electrical burns must be examined by a health care provider. An electrical burn may appear to cause minor damage, but it can extend deeply into tissues beneath the skin. The damage may not be obvious for several hours.
Cover the area of the burn with a dry, nonfluffy, loose bandage. Do not apply any ointments or other substances to the burned area.
How long will it take a third-degree burn to heal?
Third-degree burns and scars may require hospitalization for a few days or for many weeks. Scars may require several operations by a medical plastic surgeon, depending on the severity of the burns. Extensive burns are usually treated at a burn center.
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SCARS SKIN CARE TESTIMONIALS
SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURN VICTIM
Two years ago, my youngest son, Steve, then 27 years old, was trying to start a fire in his back yard. It was starting to rain and the woodpile just would not catch fire. Steve then slowly poured 2 gallons of gas on the wood and it finally caught fire and blew up at the same time. The fire ball went completely around him. The fire burned the skin off both of his legs. I took him to the hospital, he was a burn victim with second and third degree burns and had serious scars all over his body. The doctors said he would be in burn therapy treatment for months and require plastic surgery to care for the third degree burns. I immediatly started giving natural alternative medicine health supplement called Vitacel, eight pills per day, the day of he became a burn victim. I took him to his treatment every day in a wheelchair. He needed a pain shot medication going into burn therapy and coming out of treatment.
He walked out of burn treatment in three weeks and in a few months you could barely tell that he had ever been burned. He never needed surgery he was completely healed, he did not need further care for the burned skin and scar tissue.
A more recent case around three months ago concerns a 61 year old lady with shingles (Herpes Zoster). When I first saw her, she had around one week to live. Shingles is not usually life threatening, but if it starts in the neck and comes up and around the face to the eyes, blindness will result followed by death. The hospital would not admit her They as much as told her to go home and die. I did everything I knew to do including eight Vitacel a day. I needed the GH7 to heal the immune system, the nerves were eaten up in her face and neck and also to heal the skin itself As I said, I used other therapies in conjunction with the GH7 but I had one week to bring her back. She looked like a leper with huge running sores that would have taken many months to heal, even if her life were saved. She began to heal right away and she returned to work three weeks later In two months, her skin looked normal.
I believe this remarkable alternative medicine to be a miracle of the highest order. I am 52 years old and take eight GH7 a day myself I don’t have anything wrong with me and with my good eating habits, exercise, stress management and GH7, I plan to not have anything wrong and live to a ripe old age with perfect health.
I have many more stories to tell, but I’m sure you get the idea.
PATRICK A. LOGAN, SR.
5824 Sandra Drive
Forth Worth, TX 76133
THIRD DEGREE BURN VICTIMS SKIN TREATMENT AND NERVE DAMAGE HEALING STORY
November 7, 1991
Dear Vitacel 7 Friends:
Our whole family is so very thankful that we were introduced to Vitacel 7 and pray to God that it will soon be recognized by our medical profession for the phenomenal benefits of this holistic natural alternative medicine product.
Our daughter was in a terrible accident two years ago and became a burn victim, with second and third degree skin burns over thirty-five percent of her body. She had to undergo many skin grafts and many reconstruction surgery treatments since becoming a burn victim. She also had severe nerve damage to her right arm caused by the severe burns, and we were told that she may never have feeling in her arm.
After her third reconstruction surgery, the doctor told her that her appearance would not improve more than five percent a year if she was lucky. She was very upset because she was not satisfied with her appearance at all. She was still very scarred. It was about a week later that a very dear friend introduced us to Vitacel 7 vitamins. We put our daughter on five to six pills daily along with Catalyst water which she took four ounces three times a day and also she sprayed it on her body. She recently started using Vitalize skin care cream as a topical skin healing treatment therapy.
In about a month, we noticed that the scar tissue she had on parts of her hack surrounding the skin grafts, had totally disappeared and the skin tone on her hack and arm were returning to normal.
Two months later, she had another surgery under local anesthesia. When the doctor gave her the first needle, she felt pain and told him. He stopped what he was doing and looked at her and said, “You can’t feel that can you?” When she told him that she could, he said, “In all my years as a specialist, never has one of my patients regained feeling in such a short time after such a serious injury”. The Doctor was shocked from her recover, the nurse verified it with the doctor and told him that our daughter squeezed her hand every time he gave her a needle.
Our daughter knew then what Vitacel 7 supplement vitamins had done for her. In four months she had nerve activity in her arm. She knew her cells were repairing. She is very thankful for Vitacel 7 and hopes that her story will help others use this wonder pill so that those may be helped who have been through a burn trauma victim situation, and also anyone who might be burned in the future. She has hope now, knowing that each day she will be getting a little better, with the help of God and Vitacel 7 vitamins.
Dolores & Charles McNerney
19-2 Ridgeview Ln
Yorktown, NY 10598
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