thermal burns
Fire-caused skin damage
Thermal burns are injuries to skin and tissue caused by heat sources—flames, hot liquids, steam, or contact with hot objects.
The term distinguishes heat-related burns from chemical burns, electrical burns, or radiation burns.
Medical contexts use the phrase to specify the mechanism of injury: The patient presented with thermal burns to both hands from a kitchen fire.
- scaldingExtremely hot, burning
- escharNecrotic tissue crust
- fireCombustion with flames
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- painBodily or emotional distress
debridement · hypermetabolism · blistering · heat · skin peeling · skin grafts · wound dressing · hot · sun exposure · molten metal · skin · shock · ointment · redness · pain management · gauze · peeling · infection
- injuriesbruise, fracture, sprain, fractures, concussion
- outdoor hazardsbears, heatstroke, snakes, blisters, sunburn
- burnssunburn, scald, scalds
- Industrial Hazardsexplosions, fires, toxic fumes, gas leaks, chemical exposure
- reptile diseasesrespiratory infection, stomatitis, impaction, gout, soft shell
- diving medicinedecompression sickness, barotrauma, the bends, bends, hyperbaric chamber
thermal burnschemical burns
Tissue damage from reactive substances
electrical burns · radiation burns · acid burns · alkali burns · friction burns