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Infected burn
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I gave myself a nasty burn the other night - it's about the size of my little finger. It blistered and I dressed it. I have just taken the dressing off. The dressing is green and my arm looks like I have a hole in it.
Now, bearing in mind I cannot bear to touch it a) the pain and b) the nausea, would it be ok to spray it with spray on Savlon and re-dress it? It's difficult to leave the dressing off because I keep catching it.
Now, bearing in mind I cannot bear to touch it a) the pain and b) the nausea, would it be ok to spray it with spray on Savlon and re-dress it? It's difficult to leave the dressing off because I keep catching it.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Nooooo this is one for your pharmacist but a silver impregnated burn dressing would be a start..then do not use savlon keep it covered Take painkillers about half an hour before changing the dressing after a while I don't know if you can buy flamazine cream over the counter but that is still pretty much the best thing for burns
A few months ago I was using my MIL's oven , which is chest height, and I wasnt used to it. As I took a hot baking tray out it slipped towards me and the corner hit my chest. As it fell to floor it also took the skin with it. It was very similar to yours but much smaller. Took a while to heal, tought it was going to scar but it didnt.
I am a little unsettled because of a couple of comments that you have made:
1)\\ it's about the size of my little finger\\.
Do you mean it is long, thin and the length of your little finger?
2) \\my arm looks like I have a hole in it. \\\
Do you mean that you can see muscle at the bottom of the hole?
1)\\ it's about the size of my little finger\\.
Do you mean it is long, thin and the length of your little finger?
2) \\my arm looks like I have a hole in it. \\\
Do you mean that you can see muscle at the bottom of the hole?
lol, yes sorry sqad - I mean it is the size in the sense it is long and thin, it is not swollen at all - it does have a very slight red mark round it which is slightly warm to the touch but not hot (this is how I decided it might have a minor infection).
No, I can't see muscle, hell, I wouldn't be typing if I could - I'd have passed out hours ago. It is just a hole in the layer of skin (if it is skin - I certainly have no top layer there!) The hole is tiny - about 1/6th of my finger nail and doesn't seem too deep at all. It's almost as if that was the worst bit of the burn which has gone slightly deeper than the rest of it.
No, I can't see muscle, hell, I wouldn't be typing if I could - I'd have passed out hours ago. It is just a hole in the layer of skin (if it is skin - I certainly have no top layer there!) The hole is tiny - about 1/6th of my finger nail and doesn't seem too deep at all. It's almost as if that was the worst bit of the burn which has gone slightly deeper than the rest of it.