DAGDHA VRANA Susruta has explained two major varities of burns viz an ideal therapeutic burn (created by the surgeon, as in agni karma, for releif from diseases) and accidental burns viz due to excesgive exposure to sun, extreme cold and other external factors. Ideal therapeutic burn (samyak dagdha) is the burn which is created during therapeutic procedures, features of which are explained under the chapter of chemical & thermal cauterization. Other type of burn. i.e. accidental burns. may be caused due to various external causes, or during therapeutic procedures due to carelessness on the part of the operating surgeon. These are of various kinds like- (1) Plusta dagdha- A condition where there is discolouration (redness) and severe burning sensation in a burnt area, it is called plusta dagdha. (1st degree burns) (2) Durdagdha- There is eruption of vesicles/blebs, associated with severe burning sensation, redness, inflammation, pain; the wound takes long time to hea...
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