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Please turn on JavaScript and try again. Important Phone Numbers. When should you call for help? Where can you learn more? Top of the page. Your Care Instructions Burns—even minor ones—can be very painful. How can you care for yourself at home? If your doctor told you how to care for your burn, follow your doctor's instructions.
If you did not get instructions, follow this general advice: Wash the burn with clean water 2 times a day. Don't use hydrogen peroxide or alcohol, which can slow healing. Gently pat the burn dry after you wash it. You may cover the burn with a non-stick bandage. There are many bandage products available. Be sure to read the product label for correct use. Next, apply a moisturizing lotion and if needed, take an over-the-counter pain reliever for a few days.
Blistering and sluffing of skin is common with second-degree burns and can become infected, which is why Bernal advises consulting a physician. These more serious burns can lead to devastating injury, including loss of function or limbs, disfigurement and recurring infection. Severe burns can damage muscles and other tissue that affect every system of the body, and they can result in death.
Third-degree burns need immediate medical attention and often require a skin graft or skin substitute to heal, Bernal says. The UCI Regional Burn Center at UCI Medical Center uses a multidisciplinary team of burn-specialist surgeons, nurses, wound care specialists, physical therapists, social workers, case managers and psychologists to manage all aspects of burn care.
It includes an inpatient unit and an outpatient clinic. If they don't, they could develop heatstroke. This is a medical emergency and you'll need to call for an ambulance. How long it takes to recover from a burn or scald depends on how serious it is and how it's treated. If the wound becomes infected, seek further medical attention. If your burn or scald is mild and treated at home, it normally heals without the need for further treatment.
Read more about first aid for burns and scalds. While the skin heals, keep the area clean and don't apply any creams or greasy substances. Don't burst any blisters as this can lead to infection. If you've scalded the inside of your mouth by drinking something hot, try to avoid things that can irritate the scalded area, such as hot and spicy food, alcohol and smoking, until the area heals.
Mild burns or scalds that only affect the uppermost layer of skin superficial epidermal burns usually heal in about a week without any scarring. If you have a burn or scald that requires medical treatment, it will be assessed to determine the level of care required.
Depending on how the burn happened, you may be advised to have an injection to prevent tetanus, a condition caused by bacteria entering a wound. For example, a tetanus injection may be recommended if there's a chance soil got into the wound. Your dressing will be checked after 24 hours to make sure there are no signs of infection. It will be changed after 48 hours, and then every three to five days until it's completely healed.
Minor burns affecting the outer layer of skin and some of the underlying layer of tissue superficial dermal burns normally heal in around 14 days, leaving minimal scarring.
If the burn is severe, you may be referred to a specialist. In some cases, it may be necessary to have surgery to remove the burnt area of skin and replace it with a skin graft taken from another part of your body. More severe and deeper burns can take months or even years to fully heal, and usually leave some visible scarring. Expert opinion is divided over the management of blisters that are caused by burns.
However, it's recommended that you shouldn't burst any blisters yourself. If your burn has caused a blister, you should seek medical attention. The blister will probably remain intact, although some burns units at hospitals follow a policy of deroofing blisters. Deroofing means removing the top layer of skin from the blister. In some cases, a needle may be used to make a small hole in the blister to drain the fluid out. This is known as aspiration and may be carried out on large blisters or blisters that are likely to burst.
Your healthcare professional will advise you about the best way to care for your blister and what type of dressing you should use. During the first few years after a burn, you should try to avoid exposing the damaged skin to direct sunlight as this may cause it to blister. It's especially sensitive during the first year after the injury. This also applies to a new area of skin after a skin graft. It's important to keep the area covered with cotton clothing.
If the burn or scald is on your face, wear a peaked cap or wide-brimmed hat when you're out in the sun. Total sun block — for example, one with a sun protection factor SPF of 50 — should be used on all affected areas. The area can be exposed to sunshine again around three years after the injury, but it's still very important to apply a high-factor sun cream SPF 25 or above and stay out of the midday sun. Burns and scalds can sometimes lead to further problems, including shock, heat exhaustion, infection and scarring.
After a serious injury, it's possible to go into shock. Shock is a life-threatening condition that occurs when there's an insufficient supply of oxygen to the body.
It's possible to go into shock after a serious burn. Dial and ask for an ambulance if you think that someone who has been seriously injured is going into shock. Heat exhaustion and heatstroke are two heat-related health conditions that happen when the temperature inside your body rises to C Both heat exhaustion and heatstroke can be very serious.
They're often caused by being exposed to too much sunlight or heat. If a person with heat exhaustion is taken quickly to a cool place, given water to drink and has their clothing loosened, they should start to feel better within half an hour. Wounds can become infected if bacteria get into them. If your burn or scald has a blister that has burst, it may become infected if it's not kept clean.
Seek medical attention for any burn that causes a blister. Clean the wound daily with mild soap and water. This can usually be done in the shower or bath. Treat small burns with over-the-counter topical antibiotic ointment, like Polysporin or Neosporin, until healed.
Keep the wound covered with a bandage. Burns heal better in a moist, covered environment. Seek treatment from the UC San Diego Health Regional Burn Center if the burn is third-degree; goes over a joint; goes all the way around a limb, finger or toe circumferential ; can't be easily bandaged; or if pain is out of control.
We also provide comprehensive rehabilitation services for people who have sustained serious burns. The goal of the therapy for burn injury recovery is to return you to the highest possible functional level of independence. A physical or occupational therapist, or both, will work with you through the complete recovery phase during your hospital stay. You may need to attend outpatient therapy sessions after your discharge from the hospital. Infection will usually not be seen until at least three to four days after a burn injury.
The wound could be infected if there is expanding redness around the wound some redness on the edges of the wound is normal , yellow or green drainage, or if you develop a fever unrelated to other illness. Most burns that heal within three weeks will not scar with proper sun protection. However, a person's ethnic background or genetic predisposition to scarring will also affect cosmetic appearance and potential for scarring. You may be trying to access this site from a secured browser on the server.
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