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Thermal trauma has a direct effect on mast cells, triggering the secretion of histamine. This secretion leads to an enhanced xanthine oxidase activity and an increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), the latter being produced after burns through differing mechanisms. As ROS have been shown to have deleterious effects on cellular membranes, a lesion of the mast cell membrane could close...