# Burn \[why doesn't it hurt?\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-why-doesnt-it-hurt/766934>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 26, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-why-doesnt-it-hurt/766934 "2016-09-26T15:21:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-why-doesnt-it-hurt/766934/27 "2016-09-27T00:13:01Z")

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> [@YogSothoth](#):
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> I have a better idea. I’ll continue dispensing information until such time as I’ve been proven wrong…\*\*based on what I thought I knew about 3rd degree burns, I was in a perfectly fine position to dispense medical advice. \*\*

Do the bacteria that would infect an untreated 3rd-degree burn wound and cause potentially life-threatening sepsis, know this?

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