Travis O., 4

Travis is the second-born child in a family of three children being raised by their single mother following the recent death of their father. Due to severe financial hardship, he has not been enrolled in school. His mother earns a living by hawking sweets at the bus station, but the income is insufficient to meet the family's basic needs. After being unable to pay rent, the family was evicted from their home and now lives with their grandmother. Travis sustained a severe burn to his right lower limb, extending from the mid-thigh to the upper third of the leg, after accidentally coming into contact with boiling water while his mother was cooking. The injury caused intense pain and extensive tissue damage, leaving him unable to stand or walk on the affected limb. Because the family could not afford immediate medical care, his mother initially applied traditional herbal remedies. Unfortunately, the wound deteriorated, became contaminated and infected, with increasing pain, swelling, and foul-smelling discharge, prompting the family to seek urgent medical attention.

Patient admitted following an accidental exposure to hot water sustaining burns wound on the right lower limb.Injurues resulted to immediate pain,blister formation and redness in some areas of the leg . Management was daily cleaning and dressing of the wounds,fluid resuscitation, intravenous antibiotics and analgesia.He was also booked for physiotherapy

The child was assessed and treated appropriately.The burn wound was cleaned and dressed,pain was controlled and measures taken to prevent infection.The child's condition showed satisfactory improvement with no evidence of complications.Prognosis is good with proper wound care, infection prevention, adequate nutrition and adherence to follow up with no evidence of complications