How to deal with blistering burns

In our lives, often run into skin burns, especially common in the summer. Do not panic after burns, should be depending on the severity of their burns, a reasonable choice of treatment.

Scald degree

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One degree of scald, the lightest scald, only damage to the surface layer of the skin, there are localized mild redness and swelling, no blisters, pain is obvious.

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The second degree of burns, moderate burns, not only damage to the epidermis, but also injure the middle layer of the skin, there are blisters, pain is obvious.

3

Third-degree burns, the most serious burns, subcutaneous, fat, muscle are damaged, gray or reddish-brown, or even blackened and charred, at this time due to nerve damage, but may not feel the pain.

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Steps/Methods

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Rinse the wound with tap water, either boiling water burns or steam burns, you should first lower the temperature of the scalded skin, to reduce the scalded area of further damage, while rinsing with water can also reduce pain. If the wound is not broken open, soak for about 10 minutes. If the wound is open, do not soak it again to avoid infection. If the burn is too large, soak the entire body in the bathtub. You can also use a towel soaked in water to apply to areas that cannot be rinsed with water.

2

Don't take off your clothes in a hurry, when the burn is in a place covered by clothes, don't take off your clothes in a hurry, so as not to tear the blisters after the scald, you can wash with water first to cool down, and then carefully remove the clothes.

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Correct treatment of blisters, if the scalded place has blisters, to break to specific problems to be analyzed specifically, generally do not break, so as not to leave scars, but sometimes the blisters are larger or in the joints are more prone to break the blisters need to use a sterilized needle to puncture, if the blisters have already been broken, it is necessary to use a sterilized swabs to wipe out the blisters around the outflow of liquid.

4

With gauze bandage, you can first apply some ointment on the burns, and then use clean gauze bandage, two days after the unraveling of the gauze, check the wound, if there is an improvement, you should continue to apply some ointment, and then bandage. General burns can be healed within two weeks, but if you find that the wound is infected, you should find a doctor immediately.

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Protect the wound, the burns should be avoided in direct sunlight, the bandage should not touch the water, and the burns should not be too much activity, so as to avoid friction between the wound and the gauze, increasing the wound healing time.

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Treatment of third-degree burns when they occur, burns are too serious when they reach the third-degree burns should first be covered with clean gauze or exposed, and then quickly sent to the hospital to seek medical attention, do not apply medication on the wound.

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Precautions

Do not use ice cubes to apply cold compresses to wounds, as the temperature may be too low and cause the already broken skin wounds to deteriorate.

Don't apply toothpaste immediately after a burn. Toothpaste can cause deeper damage as it leaves no place for the heat to escape from the skin and only spreads deeper into the subcutaneous tissue.

Don't use soy sauce to treat wounds, first of all, soy sauce is not therapeutic, and secondly, the color of soy sauce will affect the doctor's diagnosis.