My Wife Got Burnt With Boiling Milk On The Stomach

Posted on Fri, 28 Aug 2020

Question: my wife got burnt with boiling milk on the stomach on Monday 03/08/20. The skin peeled off immediately and now its a wound. She has been putting Silverex ointment. Has also been taking Augmentin 625, thrice a day. there is a boil and skin would with reddishness all around it. Wound is almost 4-6 inches in diameter. PL advise. 3 pics attached. 7159 is immediate after burn, 7174 is 2 days old, 7252 is yesterday

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (40 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Answer few questions

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Welcome to ask a doctor service
I have gone through your query and reviewed the attached photographs.
I need to ask you few questions:
Is the wound painful or associated with burning and itching?
Is your wife diabetic or having any other ailments?
Is your wife taking any medicines for some other ailments?
Kindly revert with the answers.
Regards
Dr Asmeet

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Follow up: Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (14 hours later)

She is diabetic
Taking following medicines
Wound is both painful with burning and itching
There is a boil also right under the wound
Diabetes
- Trajenta 1000 BD
- Forxiga 10 morning
- montair FX night
- nebuliser morning and SOS

Follow up: Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (3 minutes later)

She is also taking insulin - human mixtard- Biphasic Isophane insulin injection
Morning and evening before meals

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (55 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Topical & oral antibiotics, anti inflammatory medicines

Detailed Answer:
According to your complaints you need to take a course of oral and topical antibiotics and anti inflammatory medicines.
I would recommend her to take tablet linezolid 600 mg twice daily for 7 days and tablet containing combination of serratiopeptidase and Diclofenac ( tablet lyser D) twice daily for 5 days.
Also apply topical antibiotic like mupirocin cream on the affected area twice daily.
Continue for 1 week and revert.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Nagamani Ng