What should I do if my arm is burned

In daily life, we cannot live without hot water, so scalds from hot water are inevitable, especially on the arms. If scalded, it must be treated in time, especially the scalded area, which must be well cared for. If infection and ulceration occur, the consequences will be very serious. Some serious burns may even endanger people’s lives. So what should you do if your arms are scalded? Here are some tips on how to deal with burns on your arms.

1. What to do if your arm is burned

Ginger and sugar juice treats burns and scalds: Mash an appropriate amount of fresh ginger, wrap it with gauze or clean cloth, squeeze out the ginger juice, and then add an appropriate amount of white sugar and mix well until the sugar dissolves to make ginger and sugar juice. After cleaning the dirt on the wound, apply a thin layer of ginger and sugar juice. Apply 6 times a day, do not bandage the wound. Can be used for mild burns and scalds of small areas.

First rinse the injured area with cold water, and then soak the injured area in cold water for half an hour. Generally speaking, the earlier the soaking time and the lower the water temperature (not lower than 5℃ to avoid frostbite), the better the effect. However, if the injured area has blistered and broken, do not soak it to prevent infection.

Gently apply light salt water to the burned area to reduce inflammation. Applying soy sauce, honey, lard, dog oil or ginger juice on the injured area will be effective. Use egg white, cooked honey or sesame oil, mix well and apply to the injured area, which has anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.

Cut a few slices of raw pear and apply them to the burned area, which has an astringent and analgesic effect. When a child is scalded, boil 25 grams of black beans with water to make a thick juice, and apply it to the wound. It is effective. For mild burns, you can roast dry tea leaves over fire until they are slightly charred, grind them into powder, mix them with vegetable oil to make a paste, and apply it to the injured area to reduce swelling and relieve pain.

When the skin of hands or feet is scalded, immediately pour alcohol into a basin or bucket and immerse the entire injured area in the alcohol. This will relieve pain, reduce redness and prevent blistering. If soaked for 1 to 2 hours, the scalded skin will gradually return to normal.

2. What are the basic nursing measures for burns?

First degree burns: Erythematous, the skin becomes red and there is a burning, stinging sensation. Second degree burns: blistering, blisters appear on the affected area. Third degree burns: necrotic, skin peeling off.

For mild burns on a small local area, you can treat it at home. After cleaning the wound, you can apply burn ointment. For large-area burns, it is advisable to send to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible. The most important thing for burn wounds is to shave the hair in the injured area and nearby areas, and cut off excessively long nails. Wash the healthy skin around the wound with soap and water, and then wipe and disinfect it with 0.1% Sanisol solution or 75% alcohol.

The wound surface is cleaned with isotonic saline to remove foreign matter, dirt, etc. Protect small blisters from being damaged; for large blisters, use an empty injection needle to draw out the blister fluid. For broken blisters or those with severe contamination, the blister skin should be cut off, the wound surface should be gently rolled open with gauze, covered with a layer of liquid paraffin gauze or a thin layer of vaseline gauze, plus multiple layers of absorbent gauze and cotton pads, and bandaged with a bandage to apply even pressure. Bandage therapy, exposure therapy, etc. can also be used for burns. Burns are often prone to infection, so antibiotics should be used and tetanus antitoxin can also be injected.

Burns from water and fire can be avoided, especially by preventing children from playing with fire and preventing them from coming into contact with flammable, boiling water and other hot objects.

3. What foods should not be eaten after burns

1. Avoid eating irritating foods after being burned. Scald patients are very sensitive to irritating foods. After ingestion, the wound will be difficult to heal and edema will occur. Common foods that cause allergies include pork heads, sow meat, dog meat, venison, bird eggs, carp, coriander, garlic sprouts and leeks, etc.

2. Avoid smoking, drinking and tea after burns. The nicotine in cigarettes causes blood vessels to constrict, which is not conducive to the healing of skin wounds. Alcohol dilates blood vessels and improves blood circulation. When there is an infection, alcohol should be avoided, especially in the early stages of massive protein exudation.

3. After burns, avoid spicy or hot foods that increase fire. Patients with burns have excessive fire poison in their bodies, so they should avoid spicy and hot foods that help fire, such as chili peppers, hot sauce, onions, pepper powder, etc. Otherwise, they will help fire and generate heat, and patients will suffer from the disadvantage of fire poison attacking their hearts after eating.

4. Avoid eating crude fiber and gas-producing foods after burns. Common foods include bamboo shoots, hairy bamboo shoots, leeks, celery, pineapples, etc. These foods will cause bloating and affect digestion when eaten by the scalded person with low gastrointestinal function.

Avoid fried, grilled food after burns: Any fried, grilled food will cause indigestion and can cause fire. Such as fried pork chops, roast chicken, roast duck, pancakes, fried dough sticks and so on.

4. What should you pay attention to after being scalded by boiling water?

Don’t touch hot things: First of all, you cannot touch hot things after being scalded. After being scalded, that part of the body is in a state of high temperature that cannot be reduced. If you touch hot things again, the injury will be aggravated. You should cool down first.

Do not cover the injured part: The burned part is very painful and hot. If we cover it with something, it will generate very high temperature, making the injured part more painful, and it will also produce pus and even rot.

Don’t eat foods that can cause irritation: First of all, spicy foods can make us get irritated. Not only that, foods that can make us get irritated should not be eaten. After eating them, the irritated area will fester.

Don’t eat foods high in melanin: Don’t think that you can just wait for recovery after you’ve been treated for a burn, and don’t avoid eating or drinking. This is wrong! We need to grow new flesh after we’re injured, so first of all, we can’t eat things that contain a lot of melanin, such as soy sauce! This will leave scars on us!

Take good care of the injured parts: Remember not to get injured a second time and take good care of them so that the injured parts can heal faster. If you get hurt a second time, you know that not only will the injury be aggravated, but it may also leave a root of the disease.

Severe cases require hospitalization for observation: If the burn is severe and covers a large area, I suggest that you stay in the hospital for observation. It is always more convenient to treat in the hospital than at home.