Burn advice

[littleheaven]

Any nurses on my list? tenaya ?  My little sis just rang to say she burned her finger on a frying pan.  She was holding it too far up the handle and the knuckle on her finger came in contact with the hot metal.  It's gone white and waxy-looking, which the internet says is third degree.  It's about an inch long but only about a fifth of an inch at the widest point.  She put it in very cold water for as long as she could stand (a couple of minutes), then dressed it with clean gauze.  My question - does she need to seek medical attention for it?  If she doesn't see a doctor, will her finger fall off?

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[landrews.livejournal.com]

How about a former vet tech? :grins: For whatever reason, Robs and I are always burning ourselves. We keep an aloe vera plant in the kitchen, lol. It's gonna hurt her for a couple of days and may or may not leave a fading scar- like there for months. Aloe vera gel and/triple antibiotic cream with lidocaine (neosporin with pain relief) helps. That may be what generic 'burn cream' is. Her finger WON'T fall off, lol, though she might want it to...

[littleheaven70.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Laurie! I'll let her know that. Glad the finger won't fall off *g* Mum is always burning herself on stuff - I think it might be genetic!

[astridv.livejournal.com]

I did that once. I have a photo series I called 'my misshapen claw. ;)

I got several burns that looked like you describe, and I spent the next ten hours keeping my hand in ice-cold water, non-stop. After that, it had completely stopped hurting. I had huge blisters for at least a week, though.

[littleheaven70.livejournal.com]

Oh, ow. Sounds painful. I don't think she kept her hand in water long enough, something about it being too cold *sigh*

[tenaya.livejournal.com]

I'm only just getting caught up. Sorry.

So, how did it turn out?

[littleheaven70.livejournal.com]

She's been using active honey on it and the skin fell off, but it's clean and not too painful. The honey is really keeping the inflammation at bay. Thanks for checking.