What do you do if you get a sunburn?

Answer 1

Here are some sunburn treatment steps you can take to help ease your pain:

Keep the skin cool, by applying a cool-damp towel, cold compress (do not use ice)to the affected skin or take a cool bath.

Keep the skin moist by apply moisturizing cream (non-oil based), aloe vera cream or gel or other over the counter sunburn products (check with your pharmacist).

Leave blisters alone. Do not break them, that will slow down the healing process and risk an infection. To protect the blisters, lightly cover with a non-stick sterile gauge pad.

If necessary, take a pain reliever such as, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin or other). Follow label instructions.

Take the pain reliever until redness and soreness is alleviated.

Skin that is peeling should be treated gently. Within a few days when the affected area begins to peel continue using moisturizing cream.

Use sunscreen liberally and frequently to prevent further damage to your sunburn. Some studies have shown that we only use half of the recommended amount.

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Answer 2

Unfortunately when someone gets severely burned, there is usually not too much hope for a full recovery. After primary care at the local hospital, they have to be airlifted as quickly as possible to a hospital that has a burn unit When the patient arrives at the burn center, they are at the beginning of a tunnel of staying alive. This requires constant changing of dressings on their body. Sadly, a lot of burn victims pass on during the first five days, as soon as they get on the road to recovery, and start receiving numerous skin grafts and constant medication to prevent rejection of the graft, and infection. After a number of skin grafts, the patient is allowed to go home, only to have to go back to the hospital repeatedly for more skin grafts as deemed necessary. I don't know if you have seen a person who has had skin grafts for really severe burns, but their lot in life is to be constantly stared at in public. This is a shame, because they are a walking miracle and the result of the skill of many health-care providers.

=== === The problem I had answering this question is an age-old one: How do you describe a burn? Functionally, there are two primary factors involved in burn assessment: degree of the burn; and the area covered. The contributor above describes a situation where the victim has had considerable body area involved and the burns would likely be second or third degree (most sources say there are only 3 degrees of burns -- some argue for a 4th). To that extent, the answer is correct. However, a small third-degree burn, while serious, can recover. Likewise, a 75% first-degree burn (like a sunburn) would be painful, but may have no lasting effects. And, as you can imagine, there are lots of answers in-between. In the case of third-degree burns where the epidermis is gone -- or even in extensive second-degree burns, where the epidermis is interrupted -- primary problems include burn shock (the warning signis oliguria -- reduced urine output), dehydration (evaporation through the skin), infection risk (which is extreme if the skin is completely absent), tissue damage issues from debridement, and, eventually, grafting as necessary.

Note that extreme burn patients are usually kept in a "clean room," where there's a positive pressure system (the air pressure in the room is slightly higher than ambient, so if there's a leak, the high-pressure cleansed air will leak out, but the normal atmosphere won't leak in). Extreme prophylaxis is observed. Any second-degree or higher burn that covers more than 20% of the body is considered critical.

Answer 3

Immerse in or spray with cool water. Keep the burn wet, do not burst blisters. Cover with a wet dressing or specialized burn dressing. Take frequent small sips of water to compenste for dehydration and shock. For severe burns seek medical treatment.

Answer 4

When I get sunburned, I usually have the redness located around my shoulders and when I touch it, it burns. But it will eventually fade away in a couple of days, it never stays forever. Just careful when taking hot showers in sunburn because it stings!

Answer 5

Your skin turns red, and starts peeling. It will also sting on contact. The correct term is a sunburn.

Answer 6

you get sunburn