What to do if the skin is fried

Whether you are cooking or frying snacks, you must be careful not to let the hot oil splash onto your skin. Because hot oil splashing onto the skin of the body can be more serious than a scald from hot water. A small red and swollen area will quickly form on the visible skin area, and blisters will also appear. If your skin is accidentally fried, you must use the following methods to deal with it.

1. What to do if your skin is injured by frying

If your skin is injured by frying, rinse the wound with tap water immediately. Both scalds from boiling water and steam can be rinsed under the tap. If the wound does not blister or break, rinse it immediately. If the wound is blistered, soak a towel in cold water and apply it to the wound. Don't be too eager to take off your clothes. If there are socks or clothes on the burned area, soak them with cold water immediately and never take off the clothes.

To deal with blisters, if there are blisters on the burn site, whether to break them or not depends on the specific situation. Generally, they should not be broken 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, you need to use a sterilized cotton swab to wipe off the liquid flowing out from around the blisters. Bandage correctly. After cleaning the wound, apply ointment and then carefully bandage it with sterilized gauze. Check the wound regularly, continue to apply ointment, and seek medical attention if the wound is serious.

2. What are the symptoms of skin burns?

Low-temperature burns often occur in the lower limbs of the human body. Generally speaking, short-term contact between the skin and a low-temperature heat source will only cause blister-type burns in the superficial dermis. However, if the low-temperature heat source continues to act, it will gradually develop into burns in the deep dermis and subcutaneous tissues. Low-temperature burns are different from burns caused by high temperatures. The pain on the wound is not very obvious. Only redness, swelling, blisters, peeling or whitening will appear on the skin, and the area is not large. The burn does not look serious on the surface of the skin, but deep and severe wounds may even cause deep tissue necrosis. If not handled properly, severe ulceration may occur and it will not heal for a long time. The severity of burns is mainly determined by the location, area and depth of the burns. Burns on the head and face, or even if they are not on the head and face but the burns are large and deep, are all considered serious.

3. Classification of burn severity

3.1. First-degree burns only damage the surface of the skin, causing mild local redness and swelling, no blisters, and obvious pain.

3.2. Second degree burns are dermal injuries with local redness, swelling, pain, and blisters of varying sizes.

3.3. Third degree burns are subcutaneous burns with damage to fat, muscles, and bones, and are gray or reddish brown in color.

Folk remedies for treating burns

1. Apply egg white to the affected area of ​​burns to heal them.

2. Take cornmeal and charcoal powder, mix them in a ratio of 2:1, add milk and apply thickly on the burn area for best therapeutic effect. This is an American folk remedy.

3. For mild burns, take a handful of wood ash. After putting it in water and stirring it, soak the affected area in it to relieve pain and speed up healing.

4. For burns, peel the cactus, mash it, apply it to the affected area, and bandage it with a sterilized bandage.

5. In case of burns, take persimmon juice and add rice paste, mix it into a plaster, apply it to the affected area, it will not leave scars and will heal the skin.

6. Cucumber has a significant effect in reducing fever. For burns, mash the cucumber to extract the juice and apply it to the affected area. It is effective. You can take more cucumber juice for later use.

7. In case of burns, apply sesame oil or other vegetable oil to the affected area, apply soybean paste externally, and bandage it to heal.

8. When you get burned, wash the affected area immediately with soapy water, and then apply good liquor to the affected area. The pain will soon stop and the burn will heal.

9. In case of mild burns, mash the radish, extract the juice, and apply it to the affected area for good therapeutic effect.

10. For general burns, frequently apply rice vinegar to the affected area to prevent blisters.

Dietary taboos for burns

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

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

3. 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 the patient will suffer from the disadvantage of fire poison attacking the heart after eating.

4. After being burned, avoid eating crude fiber and gas-producing foods, such as bamboo shoots, hairy bamboo shoots, leeks, celery, pineapples, etc. These foods will cause bloating and affect digestion after being eaten when the gastrointestinal function of the burned person is low.

5. Avoid frying, roasting or grilling food after being scalded, as it may cause indigestion and start a fire. Such as fried pork chops, roast chicken, roast duck, pancakes, fried dough sticks, etc.