I scalded my hand on Saturday & have been using silverdine on it, but it looks like it's getting infected & the redness & blisters are appearing more now then when it happened.
2006-10-11 21:31:12 · 4 answers · asked by that_ohio_girl 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
First - get away from the heat source
Second - make sure the airway breathing and circulation are okay
Third - cool the area - run it under cold water, remove any constricting jewellery etc.
Wrap it up in glad wrap and take it to a doctor, either your family doctor or the Emergency Room. They can sort out dressings.
Take pain relief - paracetamol (acetaminophen)
2006-10-11 21:50:08 · answer #1 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Squeeze coconut milk without water, mix with pounded bark of an acacia tree and apply the mixture on the scald. The bark is scraped and squeezed and is used as a dye for tapa cloth. But is useful in scald treatment. The mixture prepared will absorb moisture and leave a dark coloured scab that come off in a few days leaving behind a fresh clean new skin without any blistered marks.
2006-10-12 01:39:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ouch---cold packs are great, sounds like you need medical help though...it does LOOK worse couple days later, but if redness around wound it's infected and needs care
2006-10-11 21:44:50 · answer #3 · answered by phyllis_neel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
aloe vera
2006-10-12 08:22:11 · answer #4 · answered by teresa n 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋