Sun burns: first aid and treatment
The long-awaited summer began. Everyone is waiting for the end of the work week to spend the weekend at the cottage or the sandy shore of the river. Of course, the day spent
under the rays of the sun, is considered a holiday and charges with positive emotions for a week ahead. But sometimes sunbaths give us unpleasant
surprises in the form of sunburn. The country of the Soviets will tell you how to ease your state and how to treat sunburn.
If you neglected security measures and still burned in the sun, then you should know some simple recipes, like yourself.
helpto relieve pain and accelerate the healing and regeneration of the skin. After all, the skin can perform its functions only in the undamaged and
healthy condition.
Solar burns appear already in the evening or the day after sunbathing. Symptoms of sunburn are sharp redness, burning of the skin, pain, swelling and even blisters. This painful condition can disturb the affected person from 3 to 5 days, depending on the degree of burn. As a rule, sunburn accompanies headache, chills and malaise.
Well, if in the home medicine cabinet there are anti-burn ointments or aerosols, for example "Panthenol", and you can quickly remove the inflammatory process. And what
Do you have any such special means at home?
Sun burns - first aid
cool skin using ordinary cold tap water; if possible, attach to 15-20 minutes to the sore spot pieces of ice,
wrapped in wet cloth. If there is no ice, attach any product from the freezer wrapped in a towel;
apply on the scorched skin kefir and rinse it off after a few minutes with cold water. Do not let kefir dry on the skin, otherwise
flushing will be very painful;
attach to sunburn cut raw potatoes - potato starch quickly softens and soothes the skin. You can do
gruel from grated potatoes and apply it to the burn place. Change the potato mask several times, as soon as the mass warms up;
sunburn is well treated with such a mask - 2 tablespoons of sour cream, 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil and 1 yolk. Lubricate
a sore spot several times a day;
as a compress is also suitable gruel from fresh burdock leaves or plantain;
wrap up oatmeal flakes in a woven napkin or gauze, soak in cold water and attach this compress to the affected area.
Repeat every 2-4 hours;
if you have a scorched face, make yourself a mask from a grated fresh cucumber. Rinse it off with cool water after 15-20 minutes;
if the skin around the eyes is burnt, attach to it chilled brewed teabags;
drink plenty of water and eat more juicy fruits and vegetables (watermelon, melon, beetroot);
Do not repeat the error twice - the skin after a sunburn requires a recovery of about 3-6 months. If the scorched skin has peeled off, then a new layer
more gentle, unprotected and more sensitive. This means that you can burn even more quickly. Be careful, protect yourself from
burns with clothing and special sunscreen products.
It will not be superfluous to warn that do not pierce bubbles, formed on the skin from sunburn - you can bring
infection, and thereby increase pain.
All the above tools and tips can be used if the skin is red and inflamed, but if you have a fever,
painful blisters have appeared, sunburns occupy the most part of the body, and you feel bad - immediately call an ambulance
help!
