Life with Burn Injuries

VAN ZANDT, Texas. If you’ve been burned in a car accident or industrial accident, living with burn injury poses its own unique challenges. Burn injuries can be incredibly painful and can impact virtually all aspects of victim’s lives: from managing pain to struggling with social interaction and psychological trauma stemming from burn injuries. Sometimes these injuries can even impact a person’s movement. Specialized care after the injury can result in better outcomes, especially for those suffering from severe burns.

According to Stanford Health Care, burns are divided into three classifications. There are first-degree burns, second-degree burns, and third-degree burns. Third degree burns can damage all layers of the skin and even damage the muscles, tissues, and bones below the skin. These burns are the most serious. However, second degree and first degree burns can also be painful, be prone to infection, and interfere with regular life activities and quality of life. 

Living with serious burn injuries often involves a team of doctors, therapists, rehabilitation specialists, occupational therapists, and other professionals. According to the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center, burn injuries can interfere with a person’s ability to sleep, ability to work, ability to concentrate, and can even impact your mood. Pain can impact a victim’s quality of life and interfere with regular life activities.

Burn injuries can also impact a person’s appearance and body image. Individuals might struggle with staring, questions and comments about the injury, or even bullying. Sometimes this can lead to ongoing social anxiety and social isolation. However, with proper support, burn victims can learn to interact socially again and deal with stares and other socially awkward situations.

Scar management can also be very important for burn injury victims. There are different types of scars associated with burn injuries. Hypertrophic scars can interfere with function after the injury and interfere with movement and can be found around joints. Contracture scars can make it difficult for skin to stretch after a burn injury, which can also interfere with movement and recovery. With proper treatments and rehabilitation, the effect of these kinds of scars can be minimized.

The cost of rehabilitative care can be prohibitive for some burn injury victims. Quality of life is often correlated with the quality of treatment victims receive. Proper psychological support coupled with pain management, and burn treatment can often lead to good results.

If you or a loved one have suffered as a result of a burn injury, you and your family may be entitled to seek damages for your losses. The Cooper Law Firm are burn injury lawyers in Van Zandt, Texas who work closely with victims who have suffered this kind of injury. We can review the circumstances leading up to your accident, help you identify stakeholders who may have been negligent, and fight to help you get the recovery you may deserve under the law. If you have questions about how we may be able to help, visit our firm at https://www.cooper-law-firm.com/ to learn more.

Cooper Law Firm
501 N Third St,
Longview, TX 75601
Telephone: (903) 297-0037