Tried your hand in cooking for the first time and got burnt? Often you drop boiling water to yourself and experience terrible burning sensation. Whatever the incident is, the result is burns. In that case, try to get certain simple solutions to have some instant relief from the terrible pain. There are lots of home remedies that are very useful for any first degree burnt. Check out the following tips and instructions that might be very helpful when you face any burn situation. Read on.
Complexity Level: Basic
Time Required: 15 minutes
Resources Required:
1. Cold water
2. Turmeric powder
3. Soft cool bandage
4. Antiseptic cream
Instructions:
Whenever you are treating any burn, first try to determine the depth of burnt area. In case the burnt area is very big call medical assistant immediately. Those can be treated as a third degree burnt and without medical help you cannot heal it. Now, the other two types of burns can be treated at home, at least you can provide some first aid.
1. Apply cool water and treat first degree burnt
Often you can get burn in your finger or neck or hand. First, run cool water to the burnt area. Keep on pouring cool water unless you feel little relief from your pain. Then, put little turmeric powder and wrap it with a cool bandage. Turmeric powder works as a great antiseptic and helps healing the wound naturally. You need to wrap the bandage to protect your wound from air. You can also use any antiseptic cream on the burnt area. Check with over the counter pain relief drugs and take it for some days. Often this type of burns leaves swelling on your skin. In that case, apply sunscreen cream or lotion for 1-2 years.
2. Try certain home remedies
Apply cold milk to the burnt. It helps healing the wound. After cold water application, use turmeric paste or powder and wrap it with plantain leave. You can even apply aloe vera gel. Aloe vera gel contains anti-flaming agents that help reducing burning sensation instantly.
3. Seek medical attention after first aid in second degree burnt
In second degree burnt, you mainly face damage in the deeper layer of your skin. It is more painful than any first degree burnt. Apply cold water for first 15 minutes and then apply antibiotic cream. Wrap loosely with sterilized bandage. But remember this is only the first aid; you need to consult your doctor. Apply antibiotic cream everyday and keep changing your bandage until the wound gets healed.
Frequently Asked Questions:
How to treat the burnt blisters?
Burn blister is very painful. As soon as you get burnt, run cool water on the burnt skin. Cool water often prevents popping up of blisters. Apply turmeric powder or any other antiseptic to the blisters. Apply honey to the blister as this helps to dry up the wound very quickly. You can also mix some salt to cold water and apply it to the burnt. It also avoids the appearance of blisters. Apply cold milk to the burnt area. It helps removing the ugly scar marks as well as soothes the pain quickly.
Quick Tips:
1. Apply coconut water to your burnt skin. It helps healing the wound and also cools down the burning sensation easily.
2. Turmeric powder works as a great antiseptic for any type of wound and helps healing the wound quickly.
3. Never try to remove cloths from the burnt victim’s body it can make the situation worse.
Things To Watch Out For:
1. Always visit a doctor after applying first aid to your burn.
2. Never put on ice for any deep burnt as victim may face frostbite.
3. Apply cool water and seek for medical attention as soon as possible.