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To: DrGunsforHands

Yeah, I goofed. Massive 2nd degree burns can put you in the hospital, but you can walk around (albeit in some real pain) with decent 2nd degree burns. I was thinking 3rd degree...


46 posted on 04/29/2007 5:18:00 PM PDT by piytar
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To: piytar

“piytar wrote:

Yeah, I goofed. Massive 2nd degree burns can put you in the hospital, but you can walk around (albeit in some real pain) with decent 2nd degree burns. I was thinking 3rd degree...”

I believe it’s the percent of the body covered that makes the difference. I minor burn all over your body (like sunburn) can be worse than a bad burn in one spot.


59 posted on 04/29/2007 7:20:05 PM PDT by AmericanDave (Over it's not, till over it IS Jedi....... Yoda Berra)
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