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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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ELI5 why are injuries caused by acid considered burns when it has different effects on human flesh from heat?
gpt
Because by and large the way it is treated is the same. Copious amounts of water, dressing and seeking medical attention.
In the worst cases, treatment in a burns unit, skin grafting and so on.

It might not technically be a burn, but it's easier to lump people together into rough approximations of their clinical needs.