Yes, you can get a burn from a tanning bed. In fact, over 3,000 people a year end up on the emergency room in the United States from skin burns, fainting and eye injuries suffered from indoor tanning, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine. Tanning beds are blamed for more than 400,000 cases [...]
If you’re thinking of sitting in the sun or a tanning bed hoping that even if you get a sunburn it will eventually fade into a tan, change your plan. A sunburn will not fade seamlessly from a burn to a tan. Instead, the sunburn will start to peel, leaving you not with a new [...]
A radiation burn is skin damage that results from exposure to radiation, including thermal radiation, ultraviolet radiation, and ionizing radiation. Treating a radiation burn depends on its severity and the cause of the burn. For example, a minor sunburn may not require medical attention, but patients should bring any redness or other symptoms associated with [...]
Flash burns come from brief exposure to flames, heat, electricity, chemicals, or UV radiation. There are two main types of flash burns: Corneal flash burns These flash burns affect the cornea of the eye. The cornea is the layer that sits over the iris (the colored portion of the eye). A corneal flash burn occurs [...]
The amount you may recover depends on the extent of your injuries. Your family members may also be entitled to compensation, to the extent that your injury affected their relationship with you.
