Hi good evening, I got third degree thermal burns on both of my arm when I was about 8 years old and now im 23 years old and now that the temperature is dropping my arms feel horrible. They feel tight, numb, and painful. What is going on? Am i supposed to do something to protect my arms from the heat and the cold temperatures? and why is it so sensitive after so many years?
Hi. Your concern is that you still feel numbness, tightness and pain in your hands after 15 us of 3rd degree thermal burns. In this type of burns-nerve endings which are responsible for our feeling of, touch, pain, position, heat etc. are all damaged. The original damage is never restored, and nearby nerves grow to certain extent to cover the loss but never fully cover. So you have the problem and now protection from extremes of team is advisable.