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#1 Postby **SouthFloridawx** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:00 am

about less than an hour ago I was making an expresso with my expresso machine and the water stopped coming out and i went to open it up and put more water in and this huge splash of hot steam and water scalded my arm and it hurts really bad. Any suggestions.. it's so hard to type!!

sunny · #2 Postby **sunny** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:02 am

I was told to run cool water from the faucet over burns.

#3 Postby **SouthFloridawx** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:03 am

been doing that when i take it out it hurts again

sunny · #4 Postby **sunny** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:04 am

SouthFloridawx wrote:been doing that when i take it out it hurts again

Yeah, you have to do it for a while. I'm sorry

Gtmalacd · #5 Postby **Gtmalacd** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:12 am

sunny wrote:
SouthFloridawx wrote:been doing that when i take it out it hurts again

Yeah, you have to do it for a while. I'm sorry

Run cold water for about 15-20 minutes, then take acetominophen for the pain, then place bandage of affected area w/ antibiotic ointment.

#6 Postby **SouthFloridawx** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:15 am

my g/f is bringing me burn cream and something to wrap it

Janice · #7 Postby **Janice** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:20 am

Yes, and lay an ice cube in a washcloth and lay the burn on it for a while too.

#8 Postby **SouthFloridawx** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:20 am

ya know i'm smarter than that... i don't know why i took the lid off....

Gtmalacd · #9 Postby **Gtmalacd** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:21 am

SouthFloridawx wrote:my g/f is bringing me burn cream and something to wrap it

No, no cream.

#10 Postby **alicia-w** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:23 am

Per WebMD:

Liquid scald burns (thermal burns): Run cool tap water over the burn for 10 to 20 minutes. Do not use ice.

I've always been told to take Advil or Motrin (ibuprofen) because it's an anti-inflammatory...

Gtmalacd · #11 Postby **Gtmalacd** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:25 am

Gtmalacd wrote:
SouthFloridawx wrote:my g/f is bringing me burn cream and something to wrap it

No, no cream.

and no ice. You will further damage the skin if you place ice over it and cream does nothing for it.

#12 Postby **alicia-w** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:28 am

ditto, NO ICE.....

no cream unless it's the prescription silver nitrite (or nitrate....)

#13 Postby **SouthFloridawx** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:30 am

no ice? no cream?

Janice · #14 Postby **Janice** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:31 am

Ice is good and they sell cream for burns... just ask the pharmacist.

Gtmalacd · #15 Postby **Gtmalacd** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:32 am

SouthFloridawx wrote:no ice? no cream?

None of those, but the only ointments you can use are anitbiotics and the intrates that alicia described, that is pretty much it.

Janice · #16 Postby **Janice** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:33 am

Call Walgreen pharmacy and one of the pharmacists will prescribe something over the counter, just like they do with severe sunburns.

#17 Postby **alicia-w** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:34 am

Ice is a NO NO for burns. (My mom was a doctor, so I know this by experience...) Silvadene is a great cream for burns, but is not available OTC, by prescription only.

#18 Postby **alicia-w** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:37 am

Janice wrote:Call Walgreen pharmacy and one of the pharmacists will prescribe something over the counter, just like they do with severe sunburns.

Sunburns are radiation burns, while scalding is a thermal burn. You cant necessarily treat them the same way. Sunburns can be treated with lidocaine and such but that isnt recommended for thermal burns.

Janice · #19 Postby **Janice** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:39 am

Yes, that is why she should call the pharmacy. They can suggest for the different type of burns. There may be an over the counter med that might work. If she needs a prescription, she will have to see a doctor and he can prescribe something for her.

Gtmalacd · #20 Postby **Gtmalacd** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:46 am

alicia-w wrote:Ice is a NO NO for burns. (My mom was a doctor, so I know this by experience...) Silvadene is a great cream for burns, but is not available OTC, by prescription only.

(Kinda funny you say that because 80% of my uncles and aunts are doctors and about 10% are lawyers, lol go figure) Anyways, here in one of the villages I volunteer in, I use Sulfamylon and Levaquin and cephalexin for more advanced burns. However, herbally I use Calendula.

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