Are you the one who quickly got burns while cooking? Are you looking for an easy guide to healing burns fast? Having a burn is the most painful injury. It hurts at the time of burn and remains painful until the burn wound completely heals up.
Burns are injuries that affect the skin and other tissues. Usually, people consider heat as the only cause of burns. At the same time, burns can also be caused by cold, chemicals, electricity, friction, or ultraviolet radiation in case of sunburn.
People typically search on the internet for different methods to heal a burn at home. Usually, minor burn injuries are treated and managed in homes. But severe burns are treated by doctors, and you need emergency treatment for that. Your doctor assesses your burns and suggests you visit the hospital’s burn center according to the degree of burn on your skin and other tissues.
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What Are The Common Causes Of Burns?
Burns are usually caused in the kitchen during cooking or in the factories where chemicals are used. Moreover, there are a lot of things that become the cause behind burns. Like;
- Chemical Burns
- Hot boiling liquids and oils in the kitchen
- Electric Burns
- Accidental Fires due to candles, heaters, lighters, etc.
- Sunburns due to excessive sun exposure
- Frostbite
What Are The Different Levels/Degrees Of Burns?
The burns are subdivided into different levels or degrees according to the damage on the skin and body. There are mainly three levels of burns;
- First-degree burn
- Second-degree burn
- Third-degree burn
And in severe cases, fourth-degree burns can also be seen. In the first-degree burns, redness can be seen on the skin, but no blisters appear on the skin. At the same time, second-degree burns mean redness with blisters and thickening of the skin. And third-degree burns are overall thickness with a white, leathery appearance. In case of severe burns, the tendons and bones are also involved in the burn injury and categorized as fourth-degree burns.
First-degree burns are usually treated at home. They are only a few inches in size and are superficial. For second and third-degree burns, you need to visit the hospital emergency to get the proper treatment.
What Are The Complications Of Burns?
The first and second-degree burns are not that much severe. But the third-degree burns can be fatal as they may lead to infections, blood loss, and shock. The opened wounds are the favorite place for bacteria and infections to survive.
Usually, the burn victims are at high of tetanus infection. Sepsis is another risk for burned patients. In some severe cases, hypovolemia is also a complication due to excessive blood loss.
The risk of hypothermia is also present in third-degree burns due to excessive loss of body heat due to injuries.
How To Heal A Burn Fast At Home?
People want to treat minor burns at home. And to get rid of the painful sensation due to burns, everyone wants fast remedies that heal the burn wound.
Here are some tips and remedies that can help you heal a burn fast at home;
Cool The Burn:
Cooling is the best choice after getting a burn wound. Open a cold water tap and immerse your hand under the water. Secondly, you can try a cold compress also. In the case of chemicals, cold water is usually helpful in removing the excess chemical from your skin.
Petroleum Jelly:
To heal the burn injury fast, you can apply petroleum jelly to lubricate your damaged skin.
OTC Medicines:
You can take over-the-counter (OTC) medicines to relieve the pain and swelling due to burning.
Raw Potato:
You can cut the potato and apply it to your burn wound. The raw potato helps in cooling the burnt area of your skin.
Aloe Vera:
Aloe vera is beneficial in soothing burn injury.
Honey:
Honey has anti-bacterial properties. If you apply the honey on the bandage and apply the bandage on your burn wound, it prevents infections. Honey also has soothing and moisturizing properties that help in healing the burn injury fast.
Avoid Sun:
When you have burn injury, reduce sun exposure, especially during the peak sunlight hours.
Bandaging:
If the wound and blisters are not open, you do not need to apply a bandage on it. But if the burn wound is open, apply a loose sterile bandage on your wound. Do not apply sticky bandages, rather use a non-sticky sterile bandage.
How To Prevent Burns In Everyday Life?
Prevention is always better than cure. And in the case of burns, when the negligence results in painful injuries, you should stay very vigilant to ensure safety related to burns and accidents that may result in any type of burn.
- Children should be kept out of the kitchen while cooking, frying and when your pressure cooker is on the stove.
- Move pot handles toward the backside of the furnace.
- Keep a fire extinguisher in or near the kitchen.
- Install smoke detectors in the home and test smoke detectors once a month.
- Replace smoke detectors after few years.
- Keep your geyser in the open area and handle it with precautions
- While using hot water in the bathroom, always check the temperature of the hot water.
- Wear gloves during chemical use.
- Wear sunscreen every day, and use an umbrella while going outside
- Avoid peak sunlight and stay at home during those hours.
- Ensure all smoking materials and products are stubbed out completely.
- Keep matches and lighters in a secure place away from children.
- Install electrical outlet covers.
- Discard electrical cords with exposed wires.
- Never use broken electrical wires, plugs, and switchboards.
- Keep chemicals out of reach of children and away from fire.
It is important to keep a first aid kit in your home that has medicines that are effective for burn injuries. You can consult the best dermatologists in Karachi to discuss the problems related to burn wounds and how to get rid of burn marks from your skin.
FAQs:
What are burns?
Burns are injuries that affect the skin and other tissues. Usually, people consider heat as the only cause of burns. At the same time, burns can also be caused by cold, chemicals, electricity, friction, or ultraviolet radiation in case of sunburn.
How can you avoid burns?
You can avoid burns by keeping your children away from the kitchen, checking the temperature of hot water before taking bath, keeping the chemicals away, installing fire extinguishers and smoke alarms in your homes, keeping matches and lighters in a safe place, etc.
How to heal burn wounds at home?
You can wash the burn injury with cold water or apply a cold compress, apply raw potato, aloe vera, honey on the burn wound, take OTC medicines, avoid sun exposure, etc.
What causes burns?
Heat, cold, chemicals, electricity, friction, ultraviolet rays of the sun, etc. can cause burns.
What are the different types of burns?
Burns are divided into different types according to the damage to the skin and body. There are three types of burns, first-degree burns, second-degree burns, and third-degree burns.
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