Is less and less than the arrival of summer and high temperatures, and many people get the opportunity to wear as much as possible, Including feet.
In fact, many people use favorable Walk barefoot not only at home, but even outside. But this is a dangerous habit, as if recalled an article published last week New England Journal of Medicine.
Teacher Jeremy HessEmergency Medical Professor at the University of Washington. In the speech, Hess calculates the case of a 56 -year -old man from Seattle, and he has urgently transferred to his local burning unit Walk barefoot on hot asphalt.
The person revealed to the doctors that the man was only barefoot for only a minute before placing his shoes. But at the time, Many layers of the skin were splitting themselves from their feet and fingersThe heels and plants were covered with blisters in a bright red color.
The case occurred in 2021 of a rare heat wave in the state of Washington, the temperature They reached 42 degreesTo experience secondary burns, it destroys the first two layers of the skin and causes serious pain.
In the article, hez warns that similar injuries May become more common As the temperature increases throughout the United States. For example, last year, one of the ten cities of the United States reached the temperature achievement, and experts predicted more intense heat waves in the future.
“Intensive heat events increase the risk of burns in contact with hot surfaces in the environment. There are people with young children, homeless people, homeless people and material consumption disorders The higher risk of experiencing this type of burns“, The article says.
Anonymous man entered the burned unit and received treatment with pain reliever and topical antibiotics. Doctors removed all the dead tissues to keep the wounds clean and reduce the infection. Their injuries are fully healed after 18 days.
Hess recalled that in addition to burns, it would cause painful wounds like spending a short -term extreme heat Diabetes, muscle cramps and heat stroke.