How to deal with burns and blisters

       If you are scalded while cooking or boiling water, rinse the wound with tap water in time. Regardless of the burn, you need to cool down in time to reduce the injury again. If you burn yourself, do not take off your clothes immediately to avoid pulling the wound. Correct. When dealing with blisters, if it is a large area or a third-degree scald, you must send it to the hospital in time.


       In our lives, we often encounter skin burns. After scalds, blisters may form after being burned by hot water, steam, dry heat, etc. Therefore, when handling heat-generating things, such as kettles and stoves, in summer Especially common. Don't panic after scalding. You should choose a reasonable treatment method based on the severity of the scald. Then how to deal with the scald after blistering?


  Wash the wound with tap water. Whether it is a boiled water scald or a steam scald, the temperature of the burned skin should be lowered first to reduce further damage to the burned area. At the same time, flushing with water can also reduce the pain. If the wound does not break open, infuse for about 10 minutes. If the wound has been broken open, it should not be soaked again to avoid infection. If the burned area is too large, the whole body should be soaked in the bathtub. You can also use a towel to soak in water and apply it to the area that cannot be washed with water.


   Do not take off the clothes eagerly. When the scald is in a place covered by clothes, do not rush off the clothes to avoid tearing the blisters after the scald. You can rinse with water to cool down first, and then carefully remove the clothes. Correctly handle the blisters. If there are blisters on the burned area, whether to break them or not, you need to analyze the specific problems in detail.


Generally, do not break it to avoid scars, but sometimes the blisters are large, or the blisters in the joints are more easily damaged, you need to use a sterile needle to pierce them, if the blisters have been broken, you need to use a sterile cotton swab to dry The liquid that flows out around the blisters.


   Use gauze to bandage. You can apply some ointment to the burned area first, and then wrap it with clean gauze. After two days, untie the gauze and check the wound. If it improves, you should continue to apply some ointment and then bandage.


  A general scald can heal within two weeks, but if you find an infection in the wound, you should seek medical treatment immediately.

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