didn't want to say that after a few hours, not only did the redness and swelling not disappear, but the pain became more fierce.
Many people rush to apply external medicines such as tens of thousands of flower oil, Kangruibao ointment, or use toothpaste on the wound as soon as they get burned. These methods are not advisable. If the burned surface is damaged, the application of these drugs may deepen the wound and induce infection, which is not conducive to the healing of the wound. In addition to these, everyday old people and children accidentally burn and scald, and there are all sorts of weird "earth methods", these earth methods are all harmful and no benefit, then, in the face of burns and scalds, how should everyone deal with them correctly?
1. Apply toothpaste? NO!
After the skin is burned by high temperature, the surface cells will have a stress response, forming blisters or redness. Applying ointment not only cannot eliminate redness and blisters, but also attaches an airtight "insulation layer" to the surface of the wound, which deepens the wound for the skin and has no healing or relief effect. So don't use toothpaste to smear the burned skin, it is harmful!
2. Spread soy sauce? NO! The main ingredients in
soy sauce are water, salt, soybean extract, amino acids, sugar, etc. These things will have microorganisms multiply during the use process. If soy sauce is applied to the surface of the burned skin, not only will it not be able to reduce the pain or inflammation, it will only bring the microorganisms or bacteria in the soy sauce to the wound surface, forming cross-infection, and finally causing more serious damage.
3. Safflower oil, purple syrup? NO!
Safflower oil has a certain analgesic effect, and at the same time, it is very irritating to the damaged skin. If safflower oil is applied at this time, more blood will ooze out on the skin surface. Secondary injury. The purple syrup only has a bactericidal effect, but the color is too dark, if it is applied to the injured skin, the wound cannot be effectively observed. And the first step for skin burns is not to apply syrup, but to physically cool down.
4. Apply alcohol, iodine tincture and other disinfectants? NO!
Although alcohol and tincture of iodine are daily antiseptic potions, their concentration is too high. If they are applied on the surface of burned skin, it will cause serious damage to epithelial cells, affect wound healing time, and eventually cause wound infection. In addition, the dark syrup causes pigmentation in the wound, which leads to the problem of difficult metabolism of pigment during the healing process.
5. How to deal with burns and scalds effectively?
Usually the skin is burned by high temperature, which will form blisters. Blisters are self-protection measures of the skin, but at this time, the attachments on the skin surface should be removed first. If you wear clothes when you burn, you must take off your clothes first. If the clothing and skin have formed stickiness, you need to cut the clothing and carefully remove the damage caused by the attachment to the subsequent wound. After
, you need to use tap water to cool the wound. It is recommended to rinse for more than 15 minutes to ensure that the skin surface temperature is lowered before proceeding with the next wound treatment. In addition to cooling effect, cold water washing actually has analgesic effect, which can relieve the patient's discomfort. Be sure not to use ice cubes to cool down! The temperature of ice cubes is below zero, which can easily cause frostbite to hot skin and cause secondary damage.
Apply the corresponding ointment after the temperature is lowered. It is not recommended to apply the ointment thickly. It is better to apply thinly several times. If you can't deal with it, it is necessary to seek the help of a doctor, which can effectively prevent the problem of scars that cannot be removed later. Do not use folk remedies "ointment", not only can not guarantee the proper treatment of the wound, but also miss the best treatment time, leaving a large wound on the skin.
When encountering skin burns, be sure not to panic. The most important thing is to cool the patient and relieve pain. At this time, the most effective way is to flush tap water. Tap water has fluidity and can gently soothe the pain of scalds and achieve the best relief effect. Then go to the hospital for medical treatment, you can properly handle the wound, and will not cause the scars to be healed later.
Reference:
[1] After scalding soy sauce, salt and toothpaste? Not right! .Guangzhou Daily.2020.07.23
[2] Fang Hui.Applying toothpaste and soy sauce after scalding is susceptible to infection[J].Health Digest,2009(5):35-35.
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