Could someone please kindly tell me how to possibly treat my minor burn.
I burnt myself on the oven rack. The temp was at 400F and I had to stir the the potatos I was baking and accidently hit the top bottom part of my fings on the rack and it's pretty red and stings. Nothing I need to go to the ER over or anything. Its just a nice line going accross my pointer, middle and ring finger. Any solution I can use at home?
Thanks for all your kind answers in advance!! I am grateful for all of them!
2007-09-18 11:27:01 · 9 answers · asked by A little Southern Comfort 5 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ First Aid
Hello little SouthernCo...
The most important thing in the burn immediately is to take the absorbed heat out of the tissues by pouring cold water over it for about ten to twenty minutes, and never ICE. Ice causes its own cold burn...(of course this has been told by every body). This is immediate treatment, if the burn is more than an hour old.. forget it.
The next thing to do is if there are no blisters,then apply any antiseptic cream over it and cover it with clean dry gauze, easily available. If the burn is trivial or small it can be left open with the antiseptic cream over it.
If there are blisters never pierce them.. they are the natures best dressings. Just apply antiseptic cream or ointment over them, pack loose cotton over them and then cover with bandage so that they do not get punctured.
The depth of the burn is important especially in the hand. What looks to be a superficial burn may often turn out to be deeper one. So I would advise to consult a doctor after this first aid treatment is carried out. You may need antibiotics or and some analgesics etc.
Take care...
2007-09-19 04:36:18 · answer #1 · answered by bakhan 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
First thing is to cool the burn by running it under cold tap water. You have to do that immediately though, it won't do much good if you burned yourself a few hours ago. Keep the burn clean, and take aspirin with lots of water. Aspirin is an anti-inflammatory and will help keep the burn from getting any worse (most of the damage from a burn like yours is the result of inflammation after the fact) as well as help with the pain.
2007-09-18 18:39:23 · answer #2 · answered by shadowonthesun 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
DO NOT PUT ICE OR COLD WATER ON BURNS.
To get that out of the way from people giving people with burns nice nasty blisters and such more damage. Run it under luke warm water and clean it that way. Also use a alcohol prep pad to clean the burn. Then after this wait probably a day and then put Neosporien on it later. you want to wait a day because you dont want any greasy stuff like the people said above, on a fresh burn.
Bakhan- "absorbed heat out of the tissues by pouring cold water over it for about ten to twenty minutes, and never ICE. Ice causes its own cold burn...(of course this has been told by every body)."
Hmmmm.... Take time to read other peoples answers fully next time. Because if you read the BIG LETTERING IT EXPLAINED------DO NOT PUT ICE OR ***COLD WATER***
Yeah cold water dumb idea also.
2007-09-19 09:12:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Run under cold tap water to take the burn out of the skin. Don't put any type of greasy substance on it. That holds the burn in.
Just keep using cold tap water until it calms the nerves down in the skin. Then protect it with a dry bandage and keep clean.
2007-09-18 18:32:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do not apply butter fats creams or lotions to superficial burns, cool the burned area by flooding it with cold water for at least 10 minutes,prevent infection by covering the burned area with a clean dressing , freshly laundered handkerchief or pillowcase,hope this helps and hope you got your dinner alright
2007-09-18 18:40:21 · answer #5 · answered by thursday 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If it was done like around now, put under gushing cold water for atleast 20 mins, then get some bepanthan cream( this not not greasy, it is meant for burns and so on) and put it on remember to keep it moist
2007-09-18 18:34:19 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'd put ice on the burn for twenty minutes. Apply a burn cream, like silvadene, and cover with a bandage for 24 hours.
2007-09-18 18:36:18 · answer #7 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
ice cubes immediately---too late, but when you burn yourself in the kitchen hget in the freezer and grab something cold and solid and keep at it.
Soaking the fingers in vinegar will help a little. Other than that, you just have to wait it out---sorry
2007-09-18 18:50:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
aloe =]
2007-09-18 20:54:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋