its in a cup of iced water at the moment but wen i take it out it kills
2006-10-11 08:59:18 · 30 answers · asked by Rach 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
Keep it right on ice all day. and when you go to sleep keep an ice pack on your finger. If you keep it on ice all day and sleep with an ice pack on ur finger, it will be fine tommorow. how did you burn it? juss curiouse.
2006-10-11 09:02:51 · answer #1 · answered by knowitall 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If the burn is small ( less than 5 P in diameter ) and superficial, use the cold water/ice to cool it down, then wrap the finger in clean cling film. This keeps the air out and often the pain goes away.If its larger or deeper keep the cling film an and go to you nearest A&E dept.Its important to have a professional examine it to make sure you havent damaged the nerves. If it blisters do not perforate the blister as this needs to be done with a sterile instrument to stop infection.
Do not use any fat, butter oil etc . These are useless and may infect the wound.
Hot water is just plain daft. you want to cool a burn to prevent any further damage!
2006-10-11 09:18:49 · answer #2 · answered by lifesagambol 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you burnt the skin, make sure you keep it cool (not frozen like with ice, but just cool like under running water) coat it in some kind of petrolium jelly or ointment to prevent infection, and anti-bacterial is good, or even hemmoroid cream relieves the topical pain, reduces swelling, and coats the skin. Aloe also helps soothe the pain some. Take some Tylenol or Motrin, it will help relieve pain from the inside. And then distract yourself (no whining allowed). Pretty soon you'll forget about it hurting and be all good to go again.
2006-10-11 20:58:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do not use butter, as it will heat up and burn it more. I know it's too late now, but always keep a small potato in the freezer. They take ages to melt when you bring them out so would provide longer pain relief than ordinary ice. Take it from someone so clumsy she burns herself on the iron, grill, straightners etc at least once a week.
2006-10-11 09:21:43 · answer #4 · answered by Indigo's Mum 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
keep it in the cold water for an hour or so. DO NOT put any fat of any kind on it if it still hurts badly after an hour get to a hospital.
If the skin broke when the burn happened - get yourself to the hospital now and take your cold water with you!
2006-10-11 09:22:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the skin is not broken...keep it in the ice bath. Put nothing on it. Ice will keep the injury from getting worse. Take Tylenol or Motrin for the pain.
2006-10-11 09:07:22 · answer #6 · answered by Dixie Dingo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The ONLY things that will help are burn spray (which I recommend), ice or cold water. Whatever you do, don't use butter or oil of any kind, it will make the burn deeper and cause it to keep burning.
2006-10-11 10:05:39 · answer #7 · answered by Dovie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep up that treatment for up to 30 min. Do not apply butter, oils will increase the burn time. Air dry and apply a burn or aloe vera gel.
2006-10-11 09:12:17 · answer #8 · answered by funrdhdpeach 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ice it down and do it often. That's your best bet. If you can get yourself to the drug store you can pick up some burn cream over the counter. It's not expensive and it works.
2006-10-11 09:15:34 · answer #9 · answered by Doodlebug 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lavender oil. You could put some ice in it to cool it, so it is soothing.
Lavender will prevent infection, aid healing and stop scarring.
2006-10-11 09:05:07 · answer #10 · answered by KJ Gracie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep it in ice water and get someone to take you to casualty
2006-10-11 09:08:20 · answer #11 · answered by Jeanette 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋