A partial thickness burn is a type of burn. It is usually considered 1st or 2nd degree and is not severe.
Partial-thickness burns involve skin and fat tissue; sometimes muscle.
Only the top Layer of skin is damaged
A small burn is superficial. You don't get blisters the skin isn't charred. It's just pink and burns a little bit.
When assessing a burn, it is important to recognize whether the burn requires immediate medical attention. When a burn is over a small area of the body, with slight redness, the burn is usually superficial.
thin top layer of skin has been dammaged
only the top layer of the skin is damaged
Only the top layer of skin is damaged.
Only the top layer of skin is damaged.
On a superficial burn, the nerve endings are still there. In deep burns they are gone.
Superficial burn
A medical term that means at or close to the surface is superficial.
It is also know as a superficial burn. It is the least severe type of burn.
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It is also know as a superficial burn. It is the least severe type of burn.