do you bleed blood when you get badly scalded (with boiling water)? i always thought it would just be like watery stuuff but my frind syas she thinks you bleed like this pinkish blood lol.
this convo came abut becasue a boy in a book im readin got scalded when he was young and we were talkin about it and neither of us is sure lol.
so do you bleed blood or just like water when you get scalded (with boliing water)?
Thanx :)
2007-12-06 04:28:05 · 7 answers · asked by Daisy Chain 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
You wouldn't bleed per say, with a serious scalding (and YES it's possible to get a third degree) your skin would simply peel off. The tissue underneath would be thoroughly cooked, essentially dead hence no blood flow. This opens up all sorts of complications.
However later fluids would leach out through the open areas. Scalding is one of the worse injuries you can receive.
2007-12-06 04:46:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, you don't bleed.
Different burn types look different. Scalding water would probably cause a first to second degree burn, which would make the skin red (1st degree) or cause blisters (2nd degree). The blisters could pop open and ooze pus, which might look pink if it gets blood cells caught up in it, but it isn't actually blood.
I don't think you could get a third degree burn from being scalded with hot water. I think direct contact with a flame or extremely hot air or metal would be the only things hot enough to cause this type of burn.
2007-12-06 12:34:47 · answer #2 · answered by snake-woman 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bleeding only occurs if there is a puncture wound that disrupts the vasculature. The fluids may be the fluids from the lymphatic system or the components of the extracellular matrix of the damaged tissues.
2007-12-06 12:36:56 · answer #3 · answered by graduate student 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I should know am thing about burns, since I have had 2nd degree burns twice on my hand.
No you do not bleed, but if bad enough you will peel, and that in itself really hurts. There is a special burn cream you can get by your doctor called silverdeen burn cream(sp).
2007-12-06 12:37:16 · answer #4 · answered by Bradygirl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
minor burns don't tend to pierce the skin immediately, so there's no way for the blood to get out. major burns tend to cauterise the wound (seal it) so there's not much blood flow there either..
2007-12-06 12:32:24 · answer #5 · answered by Rob H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not nessarily unless if you catch the skin on something a rips off it will but if directly on skin it has never happened to me that it bleeds but only had minor burns
2007-12-06 12:31:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you do not bleed!
2007-12-06 12:31:07 · answer #7 · answered by a.manning65 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋