Burn injury should be considered as a chronic disease

VernacularTitle:烧伤可被视为一种慢性疾病
Author: Gaoxing LUO ¹ ; Haisheng LI
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1. 陆军军医大学(第三军医大学)第一附属医院全军烧伤研究所，创伤、烧伤与复合伤国家重点实验室，重庆市疾病蛋白质组学重点实验室，重庆　400038
Keywords: Burns; Chronic disease; Long-term influence
From: Chinese Journal of Burns 2022;38(12):1101-1104
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Burn is a special type of trauma, which initiates with skin injury and subsequently causes damages to various systems of the whole body. Burn was regarded as an acute injury in the past, while burn is also considered as a disease now. In recent years, more and more recent evidences have demonstrated that burn injury has a continuous and long-term influence on the life, work, and health status of burn survivors. Therefore, we proposed that burn should be considered as a chronic disease and briefly summarized the long-term effects of burns on mortality, psychology, metabolism, immune system, cardiovascular system, and occurrence of infection and tumor in discharged burn victims. We hope this work can improve the understanding of the long-term effects of burns among medical staff, burn patients and their relatives, and social workers.