Oatmeal Compress for Burns

I get burns all the time from my woodburning stove. I dab them with mineral water I get in Utah that is very strong. I never get scars and it does not blister. The pain is gone in a matter of minutes.

longfarm

October 20, 20040 found this helpful

You can just rub a plain, generic brand of mustard on the burn and it will do the same thing. I have done this and it really does work.

A quicker method to get rid of pain from burns is to use the inside of the membrane of a raw egg. Just break the egg into a saucer and use the membrane which adheres to the shell, put the moist part of the membrane which was against the egg against the burn and instant relief and let it dry on.

I used to work in a burn unit. We always tell people never put mustard, eggs ect on a burn. If the skin is broken or peeling it can cause a serious infection.

The mineral water is a good idea. That is similar to the techinque we use in the burn unit.

In a burn unit for semi-minor 1st and 2nd degree burns they put neosporin on the burn and wrap the burn with gauze soaked in saline (which is similar to mineral water). You can use a clean tee shirt or anything that does not have a lot of fuzz (no towels!! if the skin is broken)

When relieving the pain anything that dulls nerve endings will do, tylenol, cold compress ect. Those compresses are fine as long as the skin is not broken!

The only thing that will calm the swelling is Tylenol or good old fashioned time.

I hope this helps!!!

I burned the bottom of my feet running on asphalt (not on purpose) barefoot. I now have very large blisters filled with a liquid on the ball of both feet. Any suggestions?