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Does Increasing Redness Around A Burnt Skin Indicate Any Kind Of Infection?

Burnt my hand on oven on Christmas Day, about 4 centimeters in length, but now it is red around the burn, and the redness is around the burn and getting large, is it infected, call my clinic and I can t get appt until next week, they told me to go to the ER, but I don t want to spend that kind of money? Can you help?
posted on Sat, 31 Dec 2016
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Hello! thank you for your query. Base on your description you may be having cellulitis which is a common bacterial skin infection probably secondary to your previous wound (burnt wound). Signs of infection include redness, swelling and pain. It may be also noted that the area around the affected area is warm to touch. In some cases, you may also experience fever which is the normal reaction of the body against an ongoing infection. If confirmed, You may take antibiotics such as cloxacillin 500mg every 6 hours for 7 days and non steriodal antiinflammatory medications such as celecoxib 200mg 2x a day as needed for pain.

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Does Increasing Redness Around A Burnt Skin Indicate Any Kind Of Infection?

Hello! thank you for your query. Base on your description you may be having cellulitis which is a common bacterial skin infection probably secondary to your previous wound (burnt wound). Signs of infection include redness, swelling and pain. It may be also noted that the area around the affected area is warm to touch. In some cases, you may also experience fever which is the normal reaction of the body against an ongoing infection. If confirmed, You may take antibiotics such as cloxacillin 500mg every 6 hours for 7 days and non steriodal antiinflammatory medications such as celecoxib 200mg 2x a day as needed for pain. Hope this helps, a feedback is greatly appreciated. Thank you!