What to do if blisters are caused by scalding

When cooking, if you are not careful, you can easily get burned by steam or fire. There are many degrees of burns, but after being burned, the skin will become red and swollen, and blisters will form. Tissue fluid will seep out through the skin. At this time, you need to wash it with clean water and then apply ointment. If the wound becomes festering, you must clean it in time. Otherwise, bacteria and viruses will breed, making the wound more serious. So what should you do if you get blisters?

Severity of burns

1st degree burns are the mildest type of burns, which only damage the surface of the skin and cause mild local redness and swelling, no blisters, and obvious pain.

2 Second-degree burns are moderate burns that not only damage the epidermis, but also the middle layer of the skin, causing blisters and obvious pain.

3. Third degree burns are the most serious burns. The subcutaneous tissue, fat and muscles are all damaged and appear gray or reddish brown, or even turn black and burnt. At this time, due to nerve damage, you may not feel pain.

Steps/Methods

Rinse the wound with tap water. Whether it is a scald caused by boiling water or steam, you should first lower the temperature of the scalded skin to reduce further damage to the scalded area. At the same time, flushing with water can also reduce pain. If the wound is not broken, soak it for about 10 minutes. If the wound has broken, do not soak it again to avoid infection. If the burn area is too large, soak the entire body in the bathtub. You can also use a towel dipped in water to apply to areas that cannot be washed with water.

Do not take off your clothes in a hurry. When the burn is in an area covered by clothes, do not take off your clothes in a hurry to avoid tearing the blisters caused by the burn. You can rinse with water to cool down first, and then carefully remove the clothes.

Deal with blisters correctly. If there are blisters on the burn site, whether to break them or not depends on the specific situation. Generally, do not break them to avoid leaving scars. However, sometimes large blisters or blisters located at joints that are more easily broken need to be broken with a sterilized needle. If the blisters have already broken, use a sterilized cotton swab to wipe off the liquid around the blisters.

Use gauze to bandage the burn. First, apply some ointment on the burn, and then bandage it with clean gauze. After two days, remove the gauze and check the wound. If there is improvement, continue to apply some ointment and then bandage it again. Generally, burns can heal within two weeks, but if the wound is found to be infected, you should seek medical treatment immediately.

Protect the wound well, avoid direct sunlight on the burned area, do not let the bandaged wound come into contact with water, and do not move the burned area too much to avoid friction between the wound and the gauze, which will increase the healing time of the wound.

How to deal with third-degree burns: When the burn is too severe, if it reaches third-degree burns, it should be covered or exposed with clean gauze first, and then quickly sent to the hospital for medical treatment. Do not apply medicine on the wound.

Precautions

Do not use ice to cool the wound, as the low temperature may worsen the already damaged skin wound.

Do not apply toothpaste immediately after a burn, as toothpaste will make it impossible for the heat from the skin to dissipate, so it can only diffuse deep into the subcutaneous tissue, thus causing deeper damage.

Do not use soy sauce to treat wounds. First, soy sauce does not have any healing properties. Second, the color of soy sauce will affect the doctor's diagnosis.