Livet förändras efter en brännsskada

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Abstract

Background: Life changes for individuals affected by a burn. Many suffer permanent scarsand disabilities with high levels of social, physical and mental challenges that affect theirlives. Burn injury is a trauma that occurs when skin comes into contact with heat. The skinserves as protection for internal organs, regulates body temperature and fluid volume, acts asa touch and contact area and infection barrier.Purpose: The aim was to highlight individual’s experiences of life after a burn injury.Method: A general literature review was conducted based on qualitative and quantitativescientific articles.Results: The results showed that individuals who suffered a burn injury experienced his/herbody as foreign and felt restricted in everyday life because of disabilities, and visible scars.The support from relatives was invaluable for these individuals and it helped them through thelong rehabilitation. The experience of meaningfulness was very important and the individual’sfound it by having meaningful work and be accepted by society.Conclusion: The social network is of great importance for the individual’s ability to deal withthe consequences after a burn injury and also affects the individual’s mental state. Therefore,it is important to involve the whole family in nursing.