I burnt my leg on a motorcycle exhaust Sunday and it hurts worse today than it has. It looks more like a scrape since the skin peeled off right away instead of blistering. There's a larger red mark that looks like a bruise around it. I've kept it covered with antibiolic ointment and a bandage until yesterday when I let it breathe all day. Now, after laying down or sitting, the blood rushes into my leg and it throbs. Should I just continue to cover it?
2006-06-21 08:27:22 · 4 answers · asked by cocoanutt 4 in Health ➔ Other - Health
I wish you had said how large the scraped area was. Motorcycle burns are treated as burns. This is going to take meticulous care to treat. You need to wash it 2-3 times a day with Ivory soap. Ivory has no perfumes or deodorants to irritate the area. Let it air dry. If you have access to any Silvadene cream, place on burn after each wash. You can buy some sterile 4x4's at any store-I know Eckerd's and CVS will have them for sure. You will need at least a whole box. Buy some plastic or silk tape. Cover burn with sterile 4x4's and secure with tape. When you remove the dressing it will pull dried secetions off the wound. This will hurt but is necessary. This will also clean wound from build-up of crusties and prevent infection. Dressing must be kept clean and dry. No swimming, no lake, no reburning. No lotions of any type. If you are unable to obtain Silvadene cream, use Neosporin ointment. If the area is larger than a biscuit, you might need to go to the ER. If you see any signs of infection such as red streaks going away from the wound, reddness surrounding the wound, pus or green drainage or if the drainage has a foul odor go to ER. If your burn is large, you may need a tetnus shot. If pain is too intense, you could go to ER. I say to ER but an Urgent Care facility could probably help you.
2006-06-21 09:02:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 16⤊ 1⤋
Burns leave ugly scars, lay a cotton cloth over it and drip some Hydrogen Peroxide over it. Repeat at least 5 times a day. When it scabs soften the area with a bath of warm water with a very low concentration of hydrogen peroxide till the scab can be rubbed lightly off. Allow to dry and re scab. Repeat until healed. Removing the scab will prevent scarring. The soaking will prevent bleeding. Never pick a dry scab.
2006-06-21 08:39:10 · answer #2 · answered by einstein 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It takes forever and leaves a scar. It's funny/not funny that my nearly 70 year-old mother has a big 1"x3" scar on her leg that she got from my Dad's motorcycle way back in the early '60s. When we were kids we would always want to see it because it meant that our mom and dad used to ride around on motorcycle and wear leather jackets. Have patience. It's probably a deep 2nd degree burn and those take time to heal. Don't feel bad! My buddy recently had ugly hip to knee road-rash and that tool almost all summer before it wasn't all scabby and nasty.
2016-03-27 00:06:07 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is it draining, does the area feel warm to the touch?
2006-06-21 08:32:35 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋