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I burnt myself on the iron this morning as I am a complete rem and should not be allowed near heated appliances. Anyway, it's a really minor burn and I'm sure it'll heal perfectly well on its own, but because of where it is (inside of my little finger) it's pretty sore and aches like a bugger every time I bend my finger.
Any ideas for making it hurt less?
Any ideas for making it hurt less?
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Nope. It didn't hurt so much at the time, and plus I was late for work (hence me accidentally ironing my hand in my haste - is there a 'doh!' smiley?).
Thanks for that
I'm trying not to. I guess I could attempt to immobilise it with a couple of plasters while I'm at home and no one can see me looking like a divvy
Do you know what you're talking about? Using cool/cold water on a burn lowers the temperature and helps to prevent deeper tissue than has already been affected from being damaged. 10 mins, cold water tap. don't do the butter thing.
Do you know what your talking about? you should never use cold water, it should be at room temperature or maybe a lil colder, that brings the burn down !!
I don't believe you... I think you should use cool water from the cold water tap. Not ice, or ice cold because that will cause damage too. What do you know to the contrary?
No not particularly but I speak from my experience of being a chef, whenever I burn myself I never put cold water on it I usually just cover the burn, I find when I do this I do not blister.
I too speak from experience as i have been pushed in a bonfire !! so i would say i may know a lil bit about burns!!!!!!!!!!!!
Soz man, wasn't aimed at you more Katralla as she asked. I quoted you because you said you spoke from experience
Well, according to the wonder of the internet, the correct way = cold running water for 10 mins, don't put anything on it, cover with clean, dry dressing.
Easy peasy.
you learn something new eh.
I should be on the stage.
So?!!!!???!!!???!?!?!???????!!!! I've spent more than enough time on a burns ward myself. The general advice for a heat related burn is to COOL IT DOWN, running it under the cold water tap is the generally advised home remedy. If I'm wrong, PROVE IT!
As for blistering, I think it is dependent on the level(severity) of the burn, rather than whether you've used water on it afterwards.
What burns do you have smitherz?
I watched my daughter's skin balloon into a big massive blister then she pulled it off whilst screaming her lungs out- not pleasant, and the smell of burnt skin- yack. Scourched into my memory forever. and then the lecture of "and did you run her under the tap straight away?" er YES! and er "did the ambulance take a big massive diversion to the wrong hospital even though my mother the nurse told them to go straight to the burns unit and which hospital it was?" er YES! (not bitter or anything) and have I spent far too fucking long in that place, after infections and isolation and skin grafts and bandages for nearly two years- I'm going with cold water.
I also have an iron burn myself, it's pretty cool though I think. The scar is flat and just a darker shade of skin in a triangle shape but it's fading now. My cunting cousin thought it would be funny (yeah, hilarious) to burn me with an iron! Cold Water, hospital. yup cold water again.
Indeed. TBH, if it was a small burn (I've had plenty of these, mainly from cooking, being burnt on the back of my hand with hot tongs and pouring boiled water over my thumb:rolleyes: ) I wouldn't really worry about it. Put something on it like some tissue and medical tape. (can't remember the name of the stuff, tbh)
I agree with you, well thats what i was told on my first aid course a couple of years ago and what i always do when i burn myself on my hair straighteners...actually that was not successful when i burnt my neck as a couldn't get my head in the sink and I had already drank more than a few glasses of wine :rolleyes: