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What are Zebra Burns?
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Zebra Burns are burns that appear as neat stripes usually on the torso but sometimes on other parts of the body. They can be caused by a number of things but a common cause in the past was old fashioned steam radiators. A child or adult could be held against a hot steam radiator and burned. The direction of the stripes often was revealing. If a person was backed up and pinned against the radiator, the stripes were vertical. Horizontal stripes sometimes occurred when people were over medicated or their consciousness was impaired in some other way. They would some times lie on the floor up against the radiators. They probably leaned against them when they were warm to get some heat, if they were heavily sedated, they would not move away. Th
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