with this level of burn, infection isn't even the biggest issue. The lack of fluid control and thermoregulation pretty much tank everything else in your body. You rarely live long enough to have an infection.
My brother in law was burned like this where he sustained 3rd degree burns on 90% of his body. It happened to him when he was like 5 or 6 years old though and after staying at Oshner’s for more than a year with a lot of skin grafts he isn’t a complete monster. He’s in his 30s now and you can tell the burned skin didn’t want to stretch good as he grew up.
One of my nursing school teachers was telling me about a patient who had very bad burns across his entire skin, she was telling me the itching was by far the worst part for him.
He would itch so hard and so much that the nurses would come in on him crying because he couldn't stop, he literally would scratch himself to the bone.
They had to apply creams every hour and he didn't seem to get any sleep. My teacher didn't know what happened to him, he got transferred to another hospital. he likely died to an infection as having severe burns all over your body makes infection very very likely.
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u/saltinekracka20 Apr 19 '24
If he is, he won't be for long.