Another issue that affects function is the presence of
blisters.Rigid,tenseblistersonhandscanrestrictfunction
and for thatreasonshould be deroofed(where the dead
blister is debrided) (Hudspith etal, 2004; Senarath-Yapa
andEnoch,2009).Inaddition,burnblisterfluidisrichin
prostaglandinsthatpromoteburninjury,increasingtherisk
oftheburnbecomingdeeper(Smith etal,1998).Thisis
supportedbyKamolzetal(2009)whoaddthattherearealso
pro-inflammatorycytokinesintheblisterfluidthatarelikely
tocausetheburntoprogresstoadeeperinjury.Therefore,
theblistershouldbecutawayfromtheburnaroundtheedge
closesttotheintactskinandallblisterfluidremoved.Simply
poppingthe blisterandleaving deadskin onthewound
createsareservoirforbacteria(Edwards,2011).Oncethis
deadtissueorblisterisremoved,amoreaccurateassessment
canbemadeandinrigidblistersthiswillreducepainand
promotefunction