Water sitting in a garden hose that's exposed to summer sun can reach up to 190 degrees.
bakes parts of the country, doctors are reminding families about the risk of burns from a source they may not have considered: a water hose baking in the sun.
A 9-month-old boy in San Tan Valley, Arizona, was accidentally scalded in 2016 when scorching-hot water came out of an outdoor garden hose as his mom began to fill his baby pool, KNXV-TV reported.in June 2016."All of it was peeling." The boy reportedly received second-degree burns to about one-third of his body. Doctors told Woodger he would recover. She declined to be interviewed when TODAY contacted her for comment about how the boy was doing, but her Facebook page was filled with photos of what appeared to be a happy, healthy child.Water sitting in a garden hose that's exposed to summer sun can reach up to 190 degrees, said Dr.
Children are particularly vulnerable because they tend to be outside and playing with water and hoses, plus their skin is thinner than that of adults so their burns are deeper, Foster added. He warned that second- and third-degree burns caused by scalding water from outdoor hoses are common when temperatures rise above 100 degrees. Many communities will see the mercury easily break through that threshold this month. The temperature in Phoenix, Arizona, reached 106 degrees last weekend.
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