Boils frequent due to the economic crisis

British doctors say an increasing number of accidents in which people scald with boiling water. This is due to the tough economic times in the country - to pay dearly for heating, hot water bottles and costs much less.

Number of patients boiling water burns   in the past two years, it is growing steadily, as the British doctors. Researchers believe that this trend has a simple explanation. More and more families choose to include heating sparingly, obkladyvaya yourself in bed with hot-water heaters. This method of saving the night heat used in the country for many centuries.

But most modern rubber hot-water bottles made of poor quality, which is quite fast breaks. Usually produce these items abroad. As a result of these containers may explode in the night, scalded unsuspecting person. Strongest boiling water burns   in this case, it is guaranteed.

Doctors have reported multiple cases of severe burns, which require long-term treatment and even skin grafting. At the same time, in the hospital, of course, it gets only a fraction of people, scalded in a dream. Many burns are treated at home with improvised means. Experts believe that the demand for cheap Chinese hot-water bottles made of rubber an instant, directly related to the number of burns.

"The hospitals get thousands of patients who have suffered because of these ugly made warmers - says Quentin Frey from Anglia Ruskin University. - For the people it is a way to pay less for heating. Substandard warmers are sold through the Internet. We have seen in hospitals only the tip of the iceberg, as most people treat burns on their own. In many ways, also because they are ashamed or burn occurred on some psychologically sensitive part of the body. "

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