How to deal with burns in children

How to deal with burns in children?

If children are accidentally scalded or burned, they may suffer obvious skin damage, which will also have a certain impact on their physical and mental health. If they are not treated properly, it will cause serious skin damage and even cause local infection. Physical examinations should be carried out in time, and medication should be used reasonably according to the severity of the scald to avoid secondary skin damage.

1. Rinse the affected area with cold water: If the child's skin is accidentally scalded or burned, the most important step is to cool down in time. You can choose to rinse the affected area with cold water to improve the condition, take away the body surface temperature, and achieve a certain cooling effect. After cooling, the local temperature will be significantly reduced, avoiding the obvious spread of the damaged skin area.

2. Self-medication: If the burn is not very serious, it may cause local skin pain, redness and swelling, etc. You can choose external ointment for treatment. Local application of burn ointment, moist burn ointment, Jingwanhong ointment and other drugs can effectively relieve local skin damage and have a good effect on relieving skin infection after burns.

3. Do not cut clothes blindly: After a child is scalded, if the clothes are stuck to the skin, do not tear the clothes blindly to avoid pulling the skin and causing large-area skin damage. If a similar phenomenon occurs, you should seek help from a doctor as soon as possible and choose the best treatment method under the doctor's advice to get rid of the risk as soon as possible.

4. Go to the hospital for relevant examinations: If the condition is serious or the burns are over a large area, you should go to a nearby hospital to avoid infection.

This article introduces how to deal with burns in children. Burns in children are a common symptom. If you do not pay attention to reasonable treatment, it will cause symptoms of local skin infection, and may also cause erosion, swelling and blisters. If the condition is serious, scars will be left after healing. Check in time and use medicine reasonably according to the actual situation.