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Third-Degree Burn

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Third-Degree Burn

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  • Burns
  • Third-degree burns are characterized by a white and soft surface and deep tissue damage. These burns penetrate the dermis. Nerve endings have been destroyed, and the patient has no feeling in the burned area.

    (Photograph from Medichrome/Mike English.)

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