Apr
the blister burst as i hit it against something and now if fills with fluid and if i touch it, it drains. there is a small area of darkness but not necrotic. anyone know if i should see a dr.?
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More information on burns–
If the skin just turns red and painful then you have a "first-degree" burn and you have only killed the outermost layers of the skin. The deeper layers of the skin are still healthy and will continue to grow normally. Every so often during normal life, the outer layers of your skin fall off anyway and are replaced by new layers. The burn just kills off more layers at once and so the skin feels burned and raw until the new skin forms underneath it and takes it place. For this kind of burn, cool the burn down by soaking it in cool water or even running cool water over it since that is usually more convenient. Once the burning sensation has stopped with the cool soak then cover the area with a Band-Aid or gauze wrap. Exposing a burn to air or the friction from clothes that rub over it causes continued pain. Use Tylenol or ibuprofen. It will heal in a few days.
If the skin blisters, this is called a second-degree burn. This means that you've killed even some of the deeper layers of skin. The deepest layers are still healthy so it will heal. Treat it the same as a first-degree burn except that you should be very cautios running water over large blisters, becasue you do not want the blister to fall off. Likewise, do not "pop" any burn blisters. Second-degree burns take longer to heal. The blister acts as an extra natural bandage over the new growing skin to protect it as long as possible. This will heal over the next week or so. If you get a second-degree burn over a large portion of your hand, face or under your underwear then you should go the Emergency Department. Otherwise, you can treat them at home.
If the skin turns white or black or if it is burned so terribly bad that you can't even feel any pain, this is bad. This is a third-degree burn. You need to go to the Emergency Department right away and probalby visit a specialized burn unit. The skin underneath a third-degree burn will never heal without specialized medical and/or surgical treatment. Before you go, be sure that you are not continuing to burn yoself. A flame burn obviously will stop burning once the flame is out. But if you were burned by an acid or base, gas or liquid, you need to remove any contaminated clothing and cover the skin instead with cool cloth bandages that won't rub and cause friction.
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Burns can get infected. You need antibiotics and please see your doctor at once, or in time it will get worse!
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it could possibly be infected use antibiotixs or go see a doctor to be shore.
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any burn bigger than a twenty cent coin has to be dealt with immediately with cold running water until the stinging subsides,balmed with an antiseptic burn cream gauzed to avoid infection,and looked at by a gp as soon as possible