2023-10-29 06:55:54
severity and treatment
The severity of the sunburn directly affects treatment. Which can be divided into 3 levels:
Level 1 is the epidermis level. Normally, the body can peel it off normally. and is treated according to symptoms It can disappear within a few days. Level 2 is the level that penetrates into the dermis. You can notice that there will be fluid sacs on the skin. At this stage, if treated well, it will not become infected and can heal within 2-3 weeks and there will be no scar. But if infected, more treatment methods will have to be added. Level 3 is the more severe level. It must be treated with a skin patch. or skin grafts It will take time to heal until the skin in the area grows back. and be careful not to get infected Or if the skin in that area has no cells that can grow once more. It will be to take another part of the patient’s skin and transplant it with a new one.
How do you use the spare skin?
skin bank It will focus on treating the severity of skin burns on the 2nd and 3rd level, especially on the 3rd level, which will be found in cases where There is a burn that cannot grow on its own. And another part of the patient’s skin had to be transplanted.
Dr. Suphanit Said: Imagine that if a patient has extensive burns covering more than 50% of their body, the patient is already suffering from the wound. If additional skin areas have to be cut, it will cause suffering to the patient. and might not accept it during that time, so it had to be. For the spare skin, it would not be used as a transplant instead. Because the body will react and not accept it. But it is useful because it can be used to patch wounds and can be used for 7-10 days. Additionally, it has the advantage of not having to dress the wound, reducing pain and infection. Because it is a good wound dressing material. and can greatly increase the survival rate
How to donate
Donation is available in the case of organ donation. (In the case of body donation It is intended to be used for medical study. Cannot be used in such cases) where intent can be expressed. When the person expressing the will dies It will be evaluated whether it can be used or not. There is an inspection before transplantation. You can donate through the Thai Red Cross Organ Donation Center or if you would like to study useful information and complete stories regarding skin donation, you can scan the QR Code on the packaging of ‘Vaseline Petroleum Jelly Limited Edition. ‘ which is now available at 7-Eleven Every Eleven branch nationwide or go to www.vaseline-skinsforskin.com Before there will be a link that interested people can click to register to express their intention to be a donor. In addition, for every purchase of one jar of Vaseline, 1 baht will be donated to the Thai Red Cross Society. From 19 October 2023 to 23 January 2024
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