Any person at least once in his life, but burned. Burns are received not only by people who, due to their specialty, are associated with welding or sparks of fire, for example, steelmakers, firefighters, rescuers. But in everyday life you can get enough thermal injuries, because every day we use boiling water and hot electrical appliances, cook on a hot stove.
Curious kids
Small children, especially because of their curiosity, often suffer from burns: they will touch a iron or a kettle, knock over mugs of boiling water, turn on a hot water tap and many other examples. Even the most minor, all thermal injuries are painful, although they do not pose a serious threat to health. Therefore, the treatment of burns at home should be correct, carried out immediately after thermal damage.
How to conduct an inspection?
Examination of the burned area of the skin should be carried out by those who can quickly navigate the severity of the injury and assess whether qualified medical care is needed. Before treating burns at home, the degree of damage should be determined. Doctors distinguish four degrees of severity of the affected area:
- At the site of injury, the skin reddens and swells, bubbles appear with fluid inside.
- The skin is red and swollen, the bubbles burst or remain tense, a crusty crust appears, which is formed due to clotted blood.
- The burn is so deep that it affects the skin, muscles, bones; scab formation.
- Burnt body tissue is charred. Almost all degrees of thermal damage are characteristic.
1 severityIf a degree 1 burn occurs, treatment can be carried out at home independently. It is necessary to always have gels or ointments in your home medicine cabinet containing NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), antibacterial drugs that contribute to the rapid healing of wounds and skin regeneration, for example, Panthenol, Olazol.
The drugs are applied painlessly, without once again injuring the affected area, so even suitable for children. Medicines provide the natural heat transfer of the skin and tissues, protect against the penetration of various infections.
Solutions against burns
With an injury, the treatment of burns at home is carried out using 60% alcohol. Wipe up areas at least twice a day with a solution of potassium permanganate with water (5%) or tannin (5%). These are powerful antiseptics, with the help of which a crust forms on the affected skin, limiting the infection of the wound and relieving pain. After the wound has been wiped, a dressing from above is not recommended.
Cunning Hogweed
Injury can be obtained from a hogweed, which contains furanocoumarin in its venom. Burns from this poison may not immediately appear. And getting hogweed juice on the skin can not even be noticed. Therefore, the treatment of burns at home should be carried out as follows: it is necessary to quickly remove the juice, rinsing it abundantly from the affected areas with soap and water (if water is not available, then at least get wet with a cloth and then close with a thick cloth). Then rinse with alcohol. Close the affected area for 2 days from sunlight. If a burn is obtained with a cow parsnip, treatment is carried out in the same way as with other species.
Do not burn yourself, take care!