Second-degree burns occur when heat, chemicals, light, or electricity damage the first two layers of your skin. The appearance of a second-degree burn sets them apart from a less severe first-degree ...

A chemical burn occurs when your skin or eyes come into contact with an irritant, such as an acid or a base. Chemical burns are also known as caustic burns. They may cause a reaction on your skin or ...

Dear Doctors: I burned myself on the stove, but it didn’t look bad so I wasn’t worried. The next morning, the skin had turned red and the burn was all swollen. What’s the right way to take care of a ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- One child has already died in Houston in 2022 to heatstroke from being left in a hot car, and emergency visits to the hospital for heat-related illnesses are up. SEE RELATED ...

Members of a high school dance team suffered second-degree burns after being forced to do bear crawls on an unusually hot September day in Indiana, parents say. Multiple parents shared photos on ...

URBANA — A Champaign man pleaded guilty Thursday to forcing a 4-year-old child under hot water to the point that the child was left with second-degree burns. Anthony L. Miles, 31, saw one count of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BENSENVILLE, Ill. — A caregiver in DuPage ...