First aid for a burn of boiling water at home

A burn is an acute lesion of the skin and underlying tissues. A burn can be different: electric, radiation, chemical, thermal. In most situations in a domestic setting, a burn occurs with boiling water. How severe the damage to the skin and tissues will become - will depend on the location of the burn. The easiest way is to burn a hand with boiling water, accidentally pouring only boiled water.

It is most difficult to burn the face, neck, hips and shoulders, but in these parts of the body the burn will be much deeper than on the hands, even if the hot water did not last long. Burns of the back and lower extremities (especially in the area of ​​the feet) can more rarely be deep, the healing process is faster. A burn of the face poses a serious danger to life, since such lesions are often accompanied by damage to the eyes, mouth, and respiratory system.

How to provide first aid for a burn with boiling water

As a rule, a person who has suffered a thermal burn is lost, begins to fuss and panic. Regardless of who overturned the freshly boiled water - an adult or a child, help should be provided immediately. What measures should be taken with a thermal burn?

Actions must be correct and clear:

1. Take off wet things. In particular, you need to quickly get rid of synthetic clothing. At this point, you do not need to think about the price of things, you should not regret your favorite outfit. The quickest way to free the affected skin from clothing is to use scissors to cut the thing. Actions should be extremely accurate. We must try not to hook the skin with scissors so as not to injure the blisters. The resulting bubbles can not be rubbed and scratched, otherwise the infection will easily penetrate the inflamed skin.
2. Place the affected area under cool water. It is necessary that the water jet is not too powerful. A good solution is to lower the burned place in a bathtub or basin where cold water is poured. In a similar way, it will be possible to prevent the appearance of edema, reduce pain, and cool damaged skin and nearby tissues. After 15 minutes, you need to wet the skin with a clean, non-rigid cloth without lint, apply a sterile dressing. In no case should you bandage the damaged area, it must be covered in the skin, not rubbed and pressed on it. The larger the number of bubbles, the less weak the bandage.

Degree of burn

What measures need to be taken with a thermal burn depends on its degree. To determine it, you should pay attention to the following symptoms:

1. The first degree - there is redness and a slight burn of the skin, a person feels pain of varying severity, there are no blisters.
2. The second degree - after a few minutes, bubbles appear in the affected area, filled with transparent yellow liquid content. The victim feels strong pain.
3. The third degree - a large number of bubbles appear, the skin begins to "peel off". Severe pain syndrome, the surface of the skin is a scarlet wound. Dark or gray scabs appear on the site where the tissue is dead.

The fourth degree is diagnosed when more than 50 percent of the skin has been affected. The condition of the victim is rapidly deteriorating, he is experiencing pain shock. Where the burns are the deepest, scars and ulcers are formed that do not heal.Until the moment when the patient recovers, not a single month can pass. After serious damage to the skin, aesthetic defects often remain that spoil the appearance of a person.

Fact! The defeat of boiling water in very rare cases leads to a burn of the fourth degree. Basically, the first or second, not so often the third degree of burns is diagnosed.

Is it possible to apply ointment to a burned place?

Many try to smear a sore spot with a medicine immediately after receiving a burn. However, before doing this, one should recall the very important saying “Do no harm!”. If in doubt, it is better not to apply any ointment to the affected skin.

You can not smear the wound with oils, animal or vegetable fats, oily ointments, because because of this, the temperature of the affected area cannot decrease, under the oily film, microbes multiply rapidly.

Treatment methods

After the person who received the burn is given the necessary first aid, you need to contact a medical institution or call a doctor at home. It should focus on the condition of the victim and the severity of the damage. In case of serious burns, emergency care must be called immediately.

A severe patient will be treated under intensive care in a specialized burn ward. With third and fourth degree burns, hospitalization means saving the life of the victim - with severe thermal burns, infection is often introduced into the wound, which is dangerous due to serious complications.

Medications
The following pharmaceuticals are used for the treatment and treatment of the boiled-boiled plot:

1. Panthenol. A modern medicine that has been widely used for skin lesions of various nature. The consistency of the product is similar to shaving foam. Application is carried out from a spray can. A similar method is considered more convenient for treating burnt skin.
2. Olazol. The drug effectively anesthetizes, helps prevent the spread of pathogenic microflora on damaged skin. Promotes rapid healing of wounds. Application is carried out from a spray can.
3. Solcoseryl. A tool that is highly effective for burns of various origins. Release form - ointment or gel. Well heals wounds, reduces the inflammatory process.
4. Gel wipes against burns. You can buy them at pharmacies. The tool acts as follows: cools the lesion, reduces pain, fights microbes. After application, gel wipes can be easily removed.

Attention! It is forbidden to stick a bandage, gauze, napkins with adhesive tape. After use, removing the tape is quite difficult, you can cause serious damage to the sore spot.

Treatment of burns with folk remedies
Traditional medicine knows a number of methods for treating burns, which doctors have also approved. Such tools are effective and tested by no generation.

Recipes for burns with boiling water:

1. Lotions with aloe. To prepare the product, you need to cut a few leaves of the agave, grind and squeeze the juice from them. Take a gauze napkin, moisten it in the prepared liquid and put on a sore spot. In the same way, you can apply the leaf itself, which must be cut lengthwise and applied to the affected skin.
2. Egg. An ordinary chicken egg will speed up the healing process of a wound resulting from a burn with boiling water. It is necessary to beat it up a bit and treat the sore spot with the resulting composition. At first, a burning sensation may occur, but after a couple of minutes the patient will feel relief. A similar tool is very effective for thermal burns. When used, they quickly heal and do not leave behind wounds and scars, even severe burns.
3. Sulfur and propolis. You need to take 100 grams of butter and vegetable oil, beeswax, melted pork fat. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly, add 1 tsp. propolis. Put a small amount of sulfur wrapped in gauze in the mixture. Put on low heat for 15 minutes. After this, strain and cool. Ready-made composition to treat the sore spot three times a day.
4. Tea. It is necessary to brew black tea, then cool it. The cooled tea leaves must be applied to the damaged area. Put a gauze bandage on top, which must first be wetted in brewed tea. The procedure is carried out up to eight times a day.
5. Plantain. Pour the collected leaves with boiling water, then drain the water and allow them to cool. Apply several times a day to injured areas.
6. Pumpkin compress. Grind the pulp of the vegetable with a grater, place the composition on a gauze napkin and carefully attach to the sore spot.
7. Beet. Grind the vegetable on a grater, apply to the wound. Pain syndrome is rapidly decreasing.
8. Potatoes. This vegetable is also an affordable remedy for mild burns. Grind potatoes. Apply gruel to the injured area. The procedure lasts 60 minutes. During this time, every 10 minutes you should change one serving of grated vegetable to a new one.

Important! The use of folk remedies is allowed only with not severe degrees of burns with boiling water.

How long the healing process will last depends on the degree of damage. A mild burn can pass after two to three days. The duration of the healing of a lesion of the second degree will depend on the opening of the blister. For example, if an infection gets into the wound, it will heal for a very long time, in some cases several months.

What is forbidden to do with a burn with boiling water?

1. Treat damaged areas with fats and ointments, since such products create ideal conditions for infection.
2. To treat the burn site with antiseptics such as manganese and alcohol solution, iodine. Such funds can provoke an increase in pain.
3. Apply ice to the affected area, as this will cause frostbite.
4. Puncture blisters. Such formations protect the wound from infection.

When should I contact a doctor?

Before conducting independent treatment, it is necessary to determine the degree of damage to the skin. Sometimes the use of home remedies is strictly prohibited.

It is necessary to contact a medical institution in the following cases:

• A large area of ​​skin (the size of which exceeds a palm) was affected.
• The occurrence of signs of infection after one to two days.
• The third and fourth degree of burns.

So, in mild cases, the use of drugs and traditional medicine may suffice. When aggravating the symptoms of damage, it is imperative to seek medical help, otherwise serious complications may occur, and deep scars may form on the injured area.

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