08 August 2012

Burn Treatment and Burn Scar

Do not play with fire, because you can burn. If it burns, burns occur. If there is a burn, it needs to cure for burns. Once my order? Just need to know, not only burns due to fire. Some chemicals are irritants (acids and strong bases) can cause burns. Besides the electrical current can also cause burns. So the fuel burns may occur due to heat, chemicals or electricity.

By weight (the number and depth of tissue injury), burns are divided into:

Degree burns I

Burns are the mildest. Burned skin to become red, sore, very sensitive to touch and moist or swollen.
If pressed, the burned area will turn white; not formed blisters.

Second-degree burns

Cause damage to deeper water. Blistered skin, essentially looking red or white and filled with a clear viscous liquid. If you touch the color changed to white and painful.

Third-degree burns

Cause the most damage inside. The surface can be colored or white and soft black, charred and rough. Destruction of red blood cells in the wound burns bright red. Sometimes the burning blisters and hair / fur in place is easily removed from its roots. If touched, the pain does not arise because the nerve endings in the skin has been damaged.


The burned tissue can die. If the network were damaged by burns, then the fluid will leak from blood vessels and cause swelling.

On extensive burns, large amounts of fluid loss due to leakage can lead to shock. Very low blood pressure so that blood flow to the brain and other organs are very small.

Burns Drugs

About 85% of burns are minor and a person does not need to be hospitalized. To help stop the burn and prevent further injury, the patient should remove all clothing. The skin be cleaned of chemicals (including acids, bases and organic compounds) with flushed with water.

For minor burns, minor burns should be immersed in cold water. Chemical burns should be washed with water as much and as long as possible. Wash gently with water with antiseptic (Dettol). If it is clean, the wound smeared with antibiotic cream (Bioplacenton, Dermazin).

Oral antibiotics are sometimes not necessary. However, if deemed necessary, some antibiotics such as amoxicillin (Kalmoxilin, Amoxsan) ataupu Co-Amoxyclav (Clavamos, Claneksi, Clabat), and ciprofloxacin (Baquinor, Quinox, Interflox) can be administered orally.

For severe burns, should be addressed, should be immediately taken to the hospital. To fire victims are usually given oxygen through a mask to help deal with the effects of carbon monoxide (poisonous gas that is often formed at the location of fire). To treat severe burns sometimes used hyperbaric oxygen therapy, where patients are placed in a special room that contains a high-pressure oxygen. In the event of injury to the airways and lungs due to fire, usually installed respiratory aids. Intuk avoid tetanus infection, given a tetanus booster.

The burn is a wound that is susceptible to infection. To anticipate this, especially for severe burns, was given broad spectrum antibiotics, either by oral or intravenous memalui. Antibiotics are commonly used are cefadroxil (Bidicef, Longcef, Sedrofen), Ceftriaxone (Broadced, Brospec). Digunakanya these antibiotics to prevent infection spreading.

Meanwhile, to eliminate pain, some analgesics such as mefenamic acid (Mefinal, Ponalar), ketoprofen (Kaltrofen, Pronalges, Nasaflam) administered orally or by injection / infusion).

Burn Scar drug

Burns often leave a scar. Sometimes the scar is very disturbing appearance. Keloids frequently occur in burns. Given drugs to prevent Madecassol, whether oral or powder blushes. But if it has already healed burns, use or mederma dermatix. This drug can burn scars, although not eliminate it altogether.

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