Submitted by cryptorusticator t3_zzhixr in askscience
(Unsure if best place to ask/best flair, thank you for your time.)
I obtained a scald injury on my hand recently, and have been researching radiation casually. I experience flares of pain on the scald area whenever I accidentally warm the skin up, such as proximity to warm skin or hot mugs, etc. Naturally, on the flip side, cold = good.
It got me wondering: could a radiation burn feel similarly? I know about sun exposure increasing pain for some radiation burns, but I don't know about warmth-related pain, since it's UV that causes the sunlight pain.
I couldn't find an answer by Googling, and my guess is no they don't (except from burns from thermal radiation) but I have no reason to think that, I guess. A burn is a burn, right? Or are radiation burns fundamentally different in some way?
Edit: typo
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