Eschar burns

Introduction Anxious burns refer to third-degree burns of thermal burns, according to the highest degree of burns. Injury to the entire layer of the skin, and even deep into the skin, muscles, bones and so on. Skin necrosis, dehydration can form eschar, touch like leather, and even carbonized. "Burn" can be caused by factors such as hot water, steam, flame, electric current, laser, radiation, acid, alkali, and phosphorus. Commonly referred to or narrowly defined burns are thermal burns caused solely by high temperatures and are common in the clinic. Burns caused by other factors are called the cause, such as electric burns and chemical burns.

Cause

"Burn" can be caused by factors such as hot water, steam, flame, electric current, laser, radiation, acid, alkali, and phosphorus. Commonly referred to or narrowly defined burns are thermal burns caused solely by high temperatures and are common in the clinic. Burns caused by other factors are called the cause, such as electric burns and chemical burns.

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III° burns: Injuries the entire layer of the skin, even deep into the skin, muscles, bones, etc. After skin necrosis and dehydration can form eschar, it is also called eschar burn. Wounds without water, wax white or brown, or dendritic embolization of blood vessels; touch like leather; even carbonized. The feeling disappears; the skin temperature is low. Natural healing is very slow, it must be detached with eschar, granulation tissue grows and then forms scars, only the edge has epithelium, not only loses skin function and often causes deformed wounds and even hard to heal.

Differential diagnosis

Severe burns: Severe burns are life-threatening severe burns and carbonization of tissues.

Extra-heavy burns: Extra-heavy burns refer to those whose area >51% or III-degree area >21% or more, which seriously endangers the patient's life. If the treatment is improper in the early stage (within 48 hours after injury), it will greatly increase the mortality and disability rate. .

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