Before I get to the topic in the headline, here’s a quick story: As I’ve written about in past blog entries, even the most mundane situations inside the home can result in third-degree burns. Another example came to light this week in Worthington, VA, where a routine cooking accident severely…
The cold weather blanketing much of the United States in this first week of February is causing many incidents of fire as people try to keep warm. For instance, in suburban New York, five firefighters were hospitalized with smoke inhalation after battling a basement house fire. One of those firefighters…
The Dermis: This is the second layer of the skin under the epidermis, it cushions the body from stress and strain, this layer contains nerve endings, sebaceous glands, sweat glands, hair follicles and blood and lymphatic vessels. The nerve endings in our dermis tell us how things feel when we…
The skin is the largest organ in the body that has many important functions which include the following: It protects the body from infection by preventing the invasion of harmful organisms. It protects the body from dehydration by preventing the loss of excessive fluids. It participates in the regulation of…