How to ease pain of burns

At strong burns there is no pain due to the fact that nerve endings are damaged. The patient may lose consciousness, fall into a coma. If the skin looks charred, white, there are deep injury, immediately call an ambulance. Do not touch the damage, do not attempt to ice. During the last stage burn, the assistance may only be provided in hospital. The best thing you can do is cover the skin with a sterile cloth to give the patient a pill non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, to do artificial respiration, loosen the straps, a collar, so that nothing hindered his breathing.

If the burn is strong, but on the skin, no deep damage, and there was only blisters, to relieve pain, apply an ice pack, place the damaged area under cold running water.

Burns caused by alkalis, chemicals, acids, immediately rinse the injured area with running cold water for at least 15 minutes to flush debris and corrosive substances to ease the pain.

To apply traditional methods is possible only in the case if the burn is mild on the skin no deep damage. Relieve pain from sunburn can coat the damaged areas with cold sour cream, yogurt or a special cream designed for use after sun.

Use raw grated potatoes, spread on gauze, apply to the burn. Bubbles formed from the burn, you can lubricate the sea buckthorn or fir oil.

These folk remedies use if the burn area is small. If the skin has extensive damage, is covered with bubbles that indicate the exfoliation of the top layer, contact the clinic. To treat extensive burns by yourself is very dangerous.