Table 2 Other clinical history of participants n = 73

Any treatment for the burns prior to present hospitalization

Yes

8

11.0

No

65

89.0

Other co-morbidities (single or in combination)

Hypertension

6

8.2

Diabetes mellitus

4

5.5

Asthma

1

1.4

Actual number of participants with co-morbidities

7

9.6

Post burns status

Infection

6

8.2

Contracture

21

28.8

Itching at site of burn

14

19.2

Unhealed wound/grafting

33

45.2

Hypertrophic scar

5

6.8

Number of surgeries done

None

5

6.8

1

29

39.7

 ≥ 2

39

53.4