Effective means for burns at home

The person uses hot water constantly throughout his life. It is used for making various drinks and dishes. But, unfortunately, inattention leads to the fact that a person accidentally pours himself over with boiling water. Often children suffer from skin burns. And adults often face such an unpleasant problem. By the way, you can get burned not only with water, but also with hot fats, hot dishes or the same iron. In time, the first medical aid and effective means from burns will help to alleviate the sufferings of the victim.

What is a burn?

Burn - this is the damage to the skin tissues under the influence of various factors: thermal or chemical. This article deals with thermal burns with boiling water, hot oil and folk remedies. Note that such injuries are dangerous not only for visible damage to the skin. As a result of a burn, there is a breakdown in the metabolism, the work of the kidneys and the heart. The person's body temperature rises, vomiting opens.

According to statistics, burns are the second most common cause of death. Most often, the absence of first aid to the victim results in death. People who are around are usually not competent in medical matters, and many people even do not know the national means of burning with boiling water. That is why it is so important to have certain knowledge and skills in order to provide first aid, which not only contributes to the speedy recovery of the victim, but also often acts as a key factor in saving his life.

Burn with boiling water: first degree

Thermal burns, obtained by contacting the skin with boiling water, are four degrees. Let's consider the first of them. With a burn of this degree, the epidermis is damaged, the affected area immediately turns red and swells. A person feels a burning sensation and pain. How to act in a similar situation? You can treat the burn with Panthenol ointment. A few days later everything goes away, there are small pigment spots. Over time, they also disappear.

To treat the burn surface doctors recommend using a spray with the content of dexpanthenol, which has a healing and anti-inflammatory effect. This component is part of the medicinal product of European quality - Pantenol Spray. Experts say that the drug prevents the development of inflammation, quickly relieves burning, redness and other unpleasant signs of a burn. Panthenol Spray is an original medicinal product that has been tested for years and is very popular, therefore it has many analogues in the pharmacy with very similar packaging. Most of these analogues are registered as cosmetics under a simplified procedure that does not require clinical trials, so the composition of such products is not always safe. In some cases, it includes parabens - potentially dangerous substances that can provoke tumor growth. Therefore, when choosing a spray from burns, it is very important not to be mistaken. Pay attention to the composition, the country of production and packaging - the original product is produced in Europe and has a characteristic smiley next to the name on the package. If we talk about folk remedies, then, unlike medicines, they can not always quickly and effectively rid the skin of a burn.

In each house there is a remedy for burns. At home, fresh cabbage will help ease the condition. Quickly tear off one sheet, remember it well in your hands and attach it to the sore spot. Burning will pass, and the swelling will begin to subside.

Second degree

Burns of the second degree are characterized by a strong reddening of the skin, its peeling and the formation of blisters filled with liquid. When the blisters burst, the hyperemia does not disappear. Covering large areas of the body, the burn leads to a large loss of fluid. Therefore, the patient should drink a lot. If the wounds do not become infected, the person recovers in about two weeks.

If you are badly burned, so that blisters appeared, try to cool the affected area as soon as possible: you can use running water or a bowl with cold liquid. In no case do not apply ice to the wound! And even better - cover the sore spot with sterile gauze (you can moisturize it) or a bandage and call a doctor. Do not try to use various folk remedies for burns with boiling water: experiments only exacerbate the situation. Prepared ointments and other remedies at home have one huge minus: they are not sterile and are an excellent nutrient medium for bacteria that cause infection. This will greatly complicate the treatment.

Third degree

Burns of the third degree are characterized by severe destruction of the skin and muscles. The victim experiences a burn shock: at first there comes a painful, unbearable pain, and then the ability to feel or understand something completely is lost. The victim's pressure and pulse are reduced. If large areas of the body are damaged, death occurs.

But even if the burns are amenable to therapy, scabs and ulcers remain on the affected areas, and after the final treatment - scars. Here, no home remedies for burns (with boiling water or oil, are important). Do not waste precious time, it is better to call a doctor urgently. And before his arrival, cover the burned areas with sterile bandages so that the infection does not penetrate.

Fourth degree

At this degree of burns, the integuments are charred, the fiber, muscles and bones are destroyed. Very often the victim does not even feel pain. This is due to damage to nerve endings. The victim is necessarily hospitalized. Do not try to remove stuck clothing from your skin before you arrive. It only hurts. But an abundant drink will do good (if the patient is conscious). Remember: treatment of a burn by house means in a similar situation to undertake it is not necessary!

First aid for burning with boiling water

It is very important to reduce the negative impact of hot water immediately after a burn. This will reduce pain and will prevent the destruction of deep layers of the skin. To do this, you need to do the following:

• Quickly release the damaged area from clothing, if necessary, completely remove it.
• Place the burned place under a stream of cold, but not icy water for 10-20 minutes. This will reduce the area of damage, prevent the appearance of bubbles and accelerate recovery. Remember, under the cold water, the damaged area of the body can not be held for long, otherwise frostbite may begin. It is better to stop the exposure of the cold for a while, and then, if the pain does not cease, continue the procedure again. Many believe that the best remedy for burns is your own urine. She is treated with an inflamed place.
• Apply (but not bandage!) To the burned area with a sterile bandage soaked in water. It should not dry out, it must be constantly moistened. This will prevent the spread of the infection. You can use one more remedy for burns at home - steeply brewed tea: green or black. They moisten the bandages. The main thing is that they do not dry out. You can quickly wash the potatoes, grate it on a small grater with the peel and apply the gruel directly to the burn. This will help to remove redness and reduce pain. Compress should be covered with a sterile bandage. If there is not a grater, a tea, a teapot, take the flour and sprinkle the burned place. Cover the top with clean gauze or bandage.

• If you yourself have visually determined that the degree of damage to the skin - not the first, do not use any funds from burns with boiling water. Cover the affected area with a sterile bandage, call a doctor. While waiting for his arrival, drink as much liquid as possible to prevent dehydration of the body. If hospitalization is required, do not discard it. Burn is a very serious injury.

Prohibited receptions

• Immediately after the burn, treat with solutions and lubricate with ointments, the affected area is not recommended: due to the formed crust, the heat transfer deteriorates.
• Remember! Do not lubricate burns with oil, kefir, sour cream. They do not bring benefits, and time can be missed.
• If blisters form on the burn site, do not open them or rip them off! Blisters are not the first degree of a burn. Call a doctor immediately!
• Do not apply ice to the wound. Frostbite may start.
• Do not lubricate the burn with iodine, zelenka or other alcohol-containing preparations - this will prevent the doctor from assessing the degree of skin damage.
• If the skin is damaged by a burn on different parts of the body, do not let them come in contact.
• When you apply a sterile bandage moistened with water or some other solution to the sore spot, do not bandage the wound!

Treatment of scars

If a person has suffered serious skin damage with boiling water, and after their treatment there are scars left, folk remedies after burns help to get rid of them. Here are some of them:

• Boil hard-boiled eggs with a yellow shell (30 pieces). Frying pan with well-kneaded yolks to put on a slow fire. When the mass acquires a bright yellow color, remove the container from the heat. Place the yolks in gauze and squeeze out the liquid from them. She daily lubricate scars until they disappear completely.

• Thoroughly grind and combine the seeds of melon and egg shell, taken in equal proportions. Add vegetable oil there, mix again until a thick slurry forms and apply it to the scar every day for two months in a row.

ethnoscience

In case of a minor burn, a person is given first aid. How to do this is described above. If the patient does not need hospitalization, he is treated at home. For this, there are many recipes of traditional medicine. With some of them the article is introduced to the reader.

• If after the burn there were bubbles and began to burst, there is a good remedy for burns at home. It is a self-prepared powder, which is sprinkled with wounds. Beans are ground and dried. But you need to do this in the oven to kill the pathogens of the infection.
• Wash the wound after a burn can be a decoction of saffron. For this 2 tbsp. Spoons of stigmas of the plant are boiled in a single glass of water for 30 minutes, cooled and filtered.
• Removes redness and swelling with a burn compress of pumpkin juice. Dampen gauze in it and attach it to the sore spot.

You can name many recipes of traditional medicine from burns. Home remedies are good if the infection has not spread. This should be remembered and not be too addictive.

Traditional medicine

Many people even with minor burns turn to the doctor. This is correct, it is better to be safe than then to be treated for a long time and painfully. Depending on the severity of the injury, the specialist prescribes treatment. Currently, there are various means for burns with boiling water that can remove redness, accelerate the healing process , prevent the spread of infection. The most effective drugs are "Rescuer", "Solcoseril" and spray "Pantenol".

In any case, each patient receives an individual treatment, which is appointed by the doctor based on the patient's general condition, the characteristics of his body and the degree of burn. Self-medication is unacceptable - it provokes complications that lead to the need for surgical intervention, and in the worst cases - to death.

Burns with oil: degree

A common domestic trauma is a burn with hot oil. A distinctive feature is deep damage to the skin and prolonged exposure to hot fat due to the difficulty of removing it from the skin. Burns oil are four degrees of gravity:

• The first degree is characterized by damage to the uppermost layers of the skin. I have redness and swelling. You can treat such burns at home.
• The second degree is distinguished by a deep skin lesion. Bubbles form with a liquid inside. The victim feels severe pain, but there is no threat to life. With a small burn, treatment can be done at home, as spontaneous healing of wounds occurs.
• The third degree is characterized by necrosis of all layers of the skin. Bubbles are formed with a bloody dark liquid inside. They burst themselves, exposing a bright red surface. In especially severe cases, this surface acquires a dark color, the victim ceases to feel pain. This indicates that the growth layer of the skin has died, and spontaneous healing is impossible.
• The fourth degree is characterized by complete destruction of all skin and underlying layers of tissue: bones, tendons and muscles. Treatment takes place in a hospital. No national remedy for burns at home will help. In this case, they resort to skin transplantation. The only consolation is that burns of oil of the third and fourth degrees in everyday life are very rare.

First aid

• To reduce pain and limit the area of damage, it is necessary to cool the affected area. For this purpose, the burned part of the body is quickly put under a cold stream of water for 10 minutes.
• Further, the oil is removed from the skin with a cotton swab dipped in soapy water.
• The place of the burn is examined: if the skin is a little red, and small bubbles appear, this trauma can be treated at home. A good remedy for burns with oil is a dark soap. Foam is quickly beaten and a burn is smeared with it. It will help to remove flushing and swelling of chalk, soda or starch. They need to be applied to a sore spot. If the blisters are large and filled with fluid, gently cover the burned area with a sterile bandage and go to the doctor's office.

Treatment

Often after a burn with oil, suppuration of the wound occurs. In this case, it is recommended to use antimicrobial ointments: Fusiderm or Fusimet. These drugs prevent infectious inflammation of the soft tissues caused by staphylococcus. Ointment "Fusimet" promotes the healing of skin - this is due to methyluracil, which is part of its composition.

If the victim has a mild burn, and the treatment is carried out at home, you can use folk remedies that are easy to prepare yourself. Recipes of some of them:

• Egg white and crushed leaves of cabbage are mixed in equal proportions and applied to the burned area.
• Nettle flowers (30 grams) are poured with boiling water (1 liter), insist for 3 hours and filter. The infusion is used as compresses.
• If there is honey in the house, you can lubricate them with burns. Honey compresses relieve pain and promote wound healing.