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The skin is largest organ on a human body,and it is the only large organ in contact with the outside environment(of course non sterile-rife with pathogens).a burn to the skin will damage the protection we enjoy from the skin and expose our largest organ to infections of all kinds.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoReally its 3rd degree burns which are the life threatening ones. Two functions of the skin is to keep us from "leaking" fluids and to protect us from infection. A 3rd degree burn destroys the entire layer of skin (epidermis and dermis) and so the two big threats are dehydration and infection.
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