Burn

When cooking in the kitchen, not careful when frying the dish with oil shot in the hand, then the oil spill caused the water drop and then turned to itching, late at night itching and causing ulcers. So is there any cure? (Nguyen Van Trieu Phong)

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- Dr. Nguyen Dinh Sang (Specialist in Family Medicine, District Health Center): Burns are common accidents in family activities. People often divide burns into 3 levels:

- First- degree burn : burns only affect the epidermis (the most superficial skin layer at the top). The skin only gets red and peels off after a few days (for example, burns from sunbathing on the beach).

- Second-degree burns : burns affect the dermis layer, forming a water balloon, but part of the dermis remains, so the skin can be reconstructed, so when it heals usually leave no scars without being infected and the area big burns.

- Grade 3 burns: the skin is completely destroyed, sometimes burning to muscles and bones.

People also classify burns by body area. The larger the area of ​​burn, the heavier the level. Burns are considered severe when the area burns> 20% of body area and deep burns level 3. In addition, the elderly, children often develop worse when burned.

You get oil in your hand, causing burns to create a water shadow.

- Dip your hands into cold water immediately or apply burns with gauze, clean handkerchiefs that dip cold water until the pain subsides.

- Tape again with sterile gauze.

- Do not apply on burns such as toothpaste, fish sauce . because it can cause infection and more plasma drainage.

- Do not break the water balloons.

- If the water ball has broken, wash the burn with physiological saline solution, sterile light bandage with dust-free gauze or leave it uncovered, but keep it clean so that the skin is healthy.

Using antibiotics to prevent superinfection, analgesics (such as paracetamol), anti-itching (like chlorpheniramine 4mg, 1 tablet).