Articles Posted in Third Degree Burns and Hydrotherapy

Hydrotherapy is the external use of water in the medical treatment of certain diseases. Most burn units in hospitals have hydrotherapy rooms. Hydrotherapy softens and removes dead tissue enabling new healthy tissue to form and promote healing.

Hydrotherapy can have other effects in addition to removing dead and damaged tissue, it can:

• prevent the fluid loss through the burned skinwhich may result in fliuid deplesion and dehydration.