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How Can A Skin Burn On The Hand Be Treated?
my adult daughter just sustained a burn from an electric heater and has a moist pad on it, she wants to go to the urgent care center which doesn t open till 8 am, is time critical? the burn is on her hand, it s about 3 ins in diameter. What should she be doing meanwhile?
Mon, 15 May 2017
Dear Parent,
If the skin is intact, and there is only redness, she will reqiure to keep the wound under water for some time, then she will have to apply a skin cream used in burn wounds. She will also require some to take painkillers if the pain is unbearable.
If there is a bubble formed, puncture it with a clean object and apply cream for burns or mercurochrome paint.
Antibiotics are required only if there is delayed wound healing, for which infection could be a cause.
I hope I have answered your question, withing your family good health.
If the skin is intact, and there is only redness, she will reqiure to keep the wound under water for some time, then she will have to apply a skin cream used in burn wounds. She will also require some to take painkillers if the pain is unbearable.
If there is a bubble formed, puncture it with a clean object and apply cream for burns or mercurochrome paint.
Antibiotics are required only if there is delayed wound healing, for which infection could be a cause.
I hope I have answered your question, withing your family good health.
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