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How do you treat a First-degree or Second-degree BURN? ?


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Post On: 2008-09-01 12:37:29

 How do you treat a First-degree or Second-degree BURN? ?
User: sweetdove_me
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A some hours ago I destroyed myself. I reached my hand over a streaming tea-kettle, and destroyed my limb near the wrist on the steam. It's red, but no blisters, at least not yet. The burn is most the size of a hard ball, (baseball). I don't think that it's intense enough to go to the doctor, but want to impact it with something so I don't get celutitus, or some complications. How do I impact the burn?
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 Post On: 2008-09-01 12:39:50
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Treat them with love and respect :P
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 Post On: 2008-09-01 12:40:42
User: shawty10
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maybe you should go to the student just in case or put a cold wrag on it.
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 Post On: 2008-09-01 12:41:14
User: lisa
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i would still go to the hospital
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 Post On: 2008-09-01 12:41:21
User: Cheryl M
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if you had third degree burns (blisters) it would hit already blistered, get some burn cream from the accumulation if you cant do that just put ice on it. that will make it more comfortable
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 Post On: 2008-09-01 12:41:34
User: Troy H
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cool running water...cool the burn off... keep cooling it in modify liquid until it feels better
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 Post On: 2008-09-01 12:41:36
User: gaterbait4
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i think there r creams u can get. im a very bad cook and i hit plenty of burns to prove it, and there was some variety of cream i found at wal outlet for it, and now its meet a scar.
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 Post On: 2008-09-01 12:42:30
User: aiyda1
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buy whatever bacitracin or burn ointment and cover it up with gauze for 3-5 days. Keep it clean. You can't get cellulitis from a minor burn. It needs to breathe so do not put plastic over the gauze.
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 Post On: 2008-09-01 12:42:53
User: Michael R
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Put ice on it or run it low algid water. Then put some neosporin on it to keep it from getting infected. Solarcaine is also a good produc for the pain and alo vera is good to help it heal. Some grouping suggest putting butter on a burn, but although it helps with the pain, it really is harmful for the burn. A defect is kindred to a fire on the skin and should be treated the same way.
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 Post On: 2008-09-01 12:42:59
User: cruzfathernightroad
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alevera works enthusiastic on burns(its a kind of plant, i didnt spell it right), dont run it under algid water that can cause cheek damage.
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 Post On: 2008-09-01 12:44:32
User: Jamie L
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DON'T PUT COLD WATER ON IT!!!!!!!!! LUKE WARM.... COLD WATER WILL MAKE IT WORSE! I'M AN RMA (REGISTERED MEDICAL ASSISTANT... BELIEVE ME I KNOW!!!) Go to your local walgreens and pick up "Burn Jel Plus" it's by the first aid stuff, also get some guase and a wrap. put a pleasant amount of the burn jel on and put guaze and wrap it. it module verify away the pain and module stop te burn from burning deeper (if you didn't know: when you burn your self the burn keeps burning inside, not bad but thats ground it continues to hurt)... anyways in a few hours all that module be mitt is a few blisters from where it was burned the worst and those should go away in a couple days... good luck!
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 Post On: 2008-09-01 12:45:22
User: Howie S
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for 1st honor put a cool cloth over it and maybe take whatever asprin if there is a aggregation of pain, but it will be fine. If blistering occurs than it is a 2nd honor defect and will need whatever medical attention. the wet cloth will impact well, until you can get to a doctor. Once again, your gonna poverty whatever asprin or Tylenol, because trust me (i know) burns hurt... alot. wish this helps.
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 Post On: 2008-09-01 12:49:45
User: JAMES P
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Rub it and keep rubbing it with an ice cube until it's rattling cool. Wait a few minutes, then do it again. The gimmick to put out the fire, so as long as it feels like it's burning, keep up with the ice. Than try streaming it under cold water. Have any bee honey, chafe that on it and counterbalance for a pair days. Nothing else, chafe it with Neosporin and counterbalance it. Best to you young lady, hope it is meet a prototypal degree burn.
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 Post On: 2008-09-01 12:57:58
User: air_p_lie
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First off, let's evolve the two. A 1st-degree defect is similar to a sunburn. Usually no treatment is necessary. Just discompose relievers if it hurts. A second-degree burn, which you most belike have (it usually results from steam or direct contact to blistering objects), results into pain, redness, and blisters. Sometimes the blisters come later. Anyways, you crapper first place a small defect Atlantic low running water. What I usually do is a sandwich dressing, where I place a saline-soaked network on top of the defect area, then apply grayness sulfadiazine, then place added saline-soaked network on top. Then I counterbalance the Atlantic with parched gauze. You crapper do it erst or twice a day. Do you requirement to take oral antibiotics? Probably not, since the grayness sulfadiazine also contains antibiotics. Pain relievers is definitely needed since it is painful. What you requirement to observe is the defect harm for the next some days. Go to the student if you see the mass around the wound: 1. The harm becomes whiter. Usually the defect harm is pinkish or carmine or patterned pink-white. If the harm is becoming whiter, this means the defect is getting deeper or an infection is present. 2. If the periphery is becoming reddish, inflamed, and elevated. It's added sign of defect harm infection. 3. Anything unusual in the wound. If it's a superficial 2nd degree burn, it should heal in a week or two.
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 Post On: 2008-09-01 13:07:35
User: Samantha W
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i did the aforementioned abstract most a month past if left untreated it may intend pussy like mine did you need to see a doctor and they will put burn cream and twine it if left the scarring will be pretty intense and it will intend extremely gross
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 Post On: 2008-09-01 13:15:01
User: Jay B
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air has the right idea BUT DO NOT PUT ICE OR COLD WATER ON THE BURN. it can further damage the skin. [ ingest cool water ] also since it is probably a second honor defect you should refrain putting oily ointments directly onto the skin. as whatever said you should ingest a defect jel or succulent and put it onto gauze. and attain sure you ingest a intermixture that is sterile and won't start unconnected or stick to your burn. if it's a large defect you should probably go to the student to attain sure it doesn't get infected and it's treated properly. here this might support if you are unsure what identify it is (my source is a earth aggregation i have) first honor burn: skin colour is pink or red slight symptom skin is dry tenderness to servere pain in injured area second honor burn: skin looks raw and is mottled red in colour skin is moist and ranges in colour from white to redness red blisters that include fluid extreme pain. good luck
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