Treating Burns

[DarrenSV650S]

That's my skinny forearm to give you an idea of the size. They're not blisters that's just puss. The shiny part is where the skin came off. It's not sore at all now or warm, it was just when the skin came off

[BanannaMan]

They do make a cream that is safe for burns....and it works a treat.
Had my entire face nearly burned off a couple of years ago...(was very bad)
They had me keep it moist and uncovered using Neosporin (trade name) cream.
Healed up unbelievably well.



But if you go to the A & E and tell them it hurts like ****, you'll not only get the burn treated....they'll likely give you a nice bottle of pills to kill the pain.

Originally Posted by DarrenSV650S

That's my skinny forearm to give you an idea of the size. They're not blisters that's just puss. The shiny part is where the skin came off. It's not sore at all now or warm, it was just when the skin came off

Then you need to cover it with something that won't stick, yet will absorb the weeping liquid.

Either get yourself to a 24hour shop to pick something up, or get to A&E.

You really don't want it getting infected. Trust me.

Never put cream of any kind on a burn..... the one exception is in the case of serious burns and Flammazine is the cream used to treat them.

Cling film is only used for serious burns and is used to wrap the limb in and it`s in order to keep infection to a minimum.

The most serious complication from a burn is infection... in your case I assume you`ve run it under the cold tap so I`d just put a (non fluffly) dressing on it for a few days whilst its moist in order to minimise risk of infection. Once its dry you can leave it off.

If it does start to look infected ie. red, inflammed, start to smell go to your GP or if you have a walk in treatment centre seek their advice.

I teach first aid and have co written a first aid teaching pack, if anyone knows how I copy slides from a power point presentation I can put the burns/scalds slides up here

[gruntygiggles]

Darren, from your picture, although it is weeping, you still have a very good amount of skin under the burn, not what I was expecting from the way you described it.

My advice would be to dress it with gauze and just a few wraps of breathable bandage and change the dressing twice a day until the weeping has stopped. It is not dry so there is no need to put any cream of any description on (that's only for dry, cracking burns like I said).

You need to have a dressing soak up the moisture and while it is moist, you need to protect it from becomming infected, so dressing at home will suffice for that burn. It's not serious due to amount of healthy looking skin there and should heal up in 10 days or so.

Just go get it checked by your doctor today if it starts to hurt more, the weeping gets worse or it gets red and hot.

[gruntygiggles]

BTW.....that puss that's weeping is your body going through it's natural healing process. The blister that you had would have created a protective barrier to allow the area to heal itself, but as the blister was rubbed off on your jeans (by accident I know), you need to replace the action of the blister for the time being. You can clearly that there is plenty of skin on the burn site and under the puss, so you don't have to worry so long as you keep it clean and dressed for a few days.

If you ever have a burn and cannot see any skin.....A&E straight away as I've mentioned before, they are burns that have no capacity to heal themselves and will get you into serious infections.

Hope it's feeling better this morning.

I'd nip down to your nearest chemist show the pharmacist it and ask them what to do, will prob sell you a burns dressing to put on it, they don't stick to the burn and will keep it clean, it's surprising how good chemists are for advice on minor things like this.

Daryl.

Baph's nasty picture is exactly what my hip looked like after I came off. A bit of roadstone found its way inside my leathers and caused a deep hole the size of a 50p piece across. I could clearly see the hip bone. Infection set in and it looked exactly like that pic. It was painful and just so disgusting cos it kept oozing pus, I used to have to go to the docs every day for the nurse to dress it, difficult with a broken pelvis... It took a long time to heal up and after 5 years I still have a big scar there.