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Burns are a type of injury caused by injury to the skin from excessive heat or another injury. The heat can be the result of thermal, electrical, chemical, or electromagnetic energy. Most burn accidents happen at home. About 75% of all burn injuries in children are preventable. Smoking and open flame are the leading causes of burn injury for older adults. Scalding is the leading cause of burn injury for young children. Both infants and older adults are at the greatest risk for burn injury.
Thermal burns. Burns due to external heat sources that raise the temperature of the skin and tissues. These burns also cause tissue cell death or black charring. Hot metals, scalding liquids, steam, and flames, when coming in contact with the skin, can cause thermal burns.
Radiation burns. Burns caused by prolonged exposure to ultraviolet rays of the sun. Also caused by exposure to other sources of radiation such as therapeutic cancer treatments or nuclear power plant leaks.
Chemical burns. Burns caused by strong acids, alkalis, detergents, or solvents coming into contact with the skin or eyes.
Electrical burns. Burns from electrical current, either alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC).
Friction burns. Burns from direct damage to the cells and from the heat generated by friction. Examples include children falling on or touching a treadmill in motion. Or a rope burn from a rope sliding through the hands.
Cantharis is used for burns and should always be the first choice of medicine for the treatment of burns. It is most effective as its remarkable tendency to provide relief from burning pains and preventing blister formation. It helps in the speedy recovery of burnt skin and can be given in all those cases of burns arising out of dry heat, wet heat (hot drinks) or burns from sun. The patient has an acute burning and smarting pain in the burnt area. Along with burning, the skin is markedly red and inflamed. The patient also appears very restless in addition to these symptoms. Although this remedy possesses the tendency to prevent blister formation, but even in cases of burns where blisters form, it is of great help. If patient has burning – smarting pain in burns with blisters, this himeopathic remedy well indicated. So, first and second degree burns can be very effectively handled by this homeopathic remedy.
TUrtica urens is best for first degree burns confined to superficial skin. The redline symptom for using this remedy is burning and stinging pains in burnt skin. The skin is intensely red, swollen with burning and stinging pains. It helps in providing relief from the burning-stinging pains very promptly and helps in quick recovery.
Thiosinaminum is prescribed when burns and fabulous for dissolving scar tissue as the burns enter their later stage of healing and the skin can become a bit ropey and thick. It also works well for treating strictures in various body parts, like urethra, rectum, bowel, and esophagus that may occur after scar formation.
Causticum is used for burns that are very slow to heal. Causticum is of great help in hastening the healing process in burns cases. Patients have major complaint of rawness, excessive soreness and pain in the burnt area. It also helps to speed up the recovery of burns and soothen the soreness and pain in the affected area. Another important field for using this remedy in burns is reopening of burns that had occurred long ago. It is also the best Homeopathic remedy for all those cases where the patient complains of soreness and pain in old healed burns. It thus can be used in two fields of burns cases: when the burns are slow to recover and when old burns surprisingly freshen up, leading to pain and soreness.
This natural homeopathic remedy is used for burns that acts as preventive agent against suppuration or pus-formation. If this remedy is used in the very beginning, the chances of pus formation are greatly reduced. It also prevents the disfiguring scar formation and promotes healthy healing.
This natural homeopathic remedy is used for suppurating burns, the symptoms are offensive pus discharge with a sensitive skin to touch. Burning, stinging, pricking pains are felt along with pus discharge that indicates this remedy very well. Fever with chills may also appear with a desire to be covered up warmly along with pus discharge.
Calcarea sulph is best for burns where typically there is a yellow pus discharge from the burnt skin. This remedy is of great help in controlling the pus discharge that is precisely yellow in colour.
Hypericum is most effectively used in burns for healing nerve damage that might have occurred with burns, preventing infection and relieving the itch as the skin heals. It can be given alongside the other remedies.It is also helps to relieve the pain after skin grafts.
This natural homeopathic remedy is most effectively used in burns when burning pains are marked with ulcers oozing an offensive discharge. In such patient, restlessness and anxiety also appear in the utmost degree. A peculiar symptom of relief from burning pain by warmth serves as a guiding symptom to select this remedy over other Homeopathic remedies.
This natural homeopathic remedy is most effectively used for gangrenous burns include blue or black blisters on skin with burning. Ulceration and sloughing of skin is also present along with burning pains that well indicates this remedy.
Secal cornutum is most effectively used for burns when skin appears shrivelled with a blue appearance. Burning pains are also experienced. The burning, however, gets better by cold for the use of Secale Corin comparison to Homeopathic remedy Arsenic Album, which is best when heat relieves the pain.
Stramonium is most effectively used for burns when there is ulceration of duodenum and also in nervous patient.
Peroleum is most effectively used for burns when there is tenedency of the skin to crack with soreness and pain.
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