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Burns

Burns

Burns services offered in Aledo, TX

Severe burns can lead to major scars if they heal slowly or become infected. At Clover Oxygen Hyperbarics and Wound Center, burn care plans using hyperbaric oxygen therapy are available for adults and adolescents aged 12 and over. Leon Tio, DO, and Angela Moccia, PA, focus on healing damaged skin tissue faster and more efficiently with sessions in the hyperbaric chamber. The team can also use oxygen therapy to prevent infections and other severe burn complications. Call the Aledo, Texas, office today to schedule a consultation for burns or book an appointment online.

What causes burns?

Burns describes tissue damaged by chemicals, radiation, heat, and electricity. Even the sun can harm exposed skin that’s not properly protected with sunscreen.

While burns are common and usually accidental, they require immediate care to prevent additional skin damage, infection, and other complications.

Clover Oxygen Hyperbarics and Wound Center offers hyperbaric oxygen therapy for adults and adolescents who need support recovering from burns.

The team customizes a care plan using pressurized oxygen to heal damaged skin and surrounding soft tissues.

When should I consider hyperbaric oxygen therapy for burns?

Schedule a consultation at Clover Oxygen Hyperbarics and Wound Center if you or your child experience a:

Second-degree burn

A second-degree burn affects the top and lower layers of your skin. This type of burn causes skin redness, swelling, pain, and blisters.

Third-degree burn

A third-degree burn damages all layers of skin and might also affect nearby tendons, muscles, nerves, and bone. Skin generally appears brown, black, yellow, or otherwise discolored. You might not experience pain due to the nerve damage this burn causes.

Often, you can treat first-degree burns like sunburns that affect the superficial layers of your skin at home with topical medications. If a minor burn isn’t healing properly, speak with the team about hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

How does hyperbaric oxygen therapy treat burns?

During hyperbaric oxygen therapy, you lie comfortably in a tube-shaped chamber. The team increases the air pressure inside the chamber to levels higher than normal to provide your lungs and tissues with more oxygen than you normally get when breathing. 

The 100% oxygen circulating through the chamber stimulates new tissue and blood vessel growth to heal second and third-degree burns. Treatment also minimizes your risk for infections that can develop after a severe burn.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy complements topical medications and other burn care treatments as the supplemental oxygen supports more efficient and faster healing. 

Additionally, hyperbaric oxygen therapy can lessen the likelihood that you need a skin graft or other surgical intervention to repair burn-damaged skin. 

Call Clover Oxygen Hyperbarics and Wound Center today to schedule an evaluation for moderate to severe burns. You can also book a consultation online.