Dear Doctors: I burned myself on the stove, but it didn’t look bad so I wasn’t worried. The next morning, the skin had turned red and the burn was all swollen. What’s the right way to take care of a burn? When do you need to see a doctor?
Dear Reader: Bear with us as we begin with a nerdy science definition. A burn is a traumatic injury in which a transfer of energy causes damage to the tissues at …