First aid help...

[Fiction]

So about a week ago I burnt my hand pretty badly. It's really painful still and it's making my whole hand ache. Being a burn, the skin is all dead and dry and messed up so I can't really stretch my hand properly. Today when I did it kinda split and it started kinda bleeding... wasn't really blood though but kinda looked like it no idea what it is :S What should I do? And Does this mean that there's a problem with it or that it's infected or something? :S

[Ender]

Doctor. Nooow.

[whereismymind]

Wrap it up in bandages and go to the doctors to avoid infection

[Clawhammer]

You should definitely see a doc, that sounds pretty serious. If you don't take care of it, your hand might not work very well later on, even if you do keep most of it. It's amazing how easily such things can get infected.

[Fiction]

My mum is a doctor... I'll probably just ask her. She already thinks i accidentally burned myself :/ but i'm scared if she examines it too closely she'll notice it's in not such an accidental shape -_-

[UnknownError]

I hope it gets better soon. It sound sreally bad so showing your mum is probably the best thing. :)

[ShatteredWings]

If you can't move it it's probably ..not good.

what color is it oozing? if it was clear you probably just popped the blister.

[Fiction]

Ermm.. it hasn't really blistered it's more scabbed, and it's the scab that's like oozing... and yeah clear pretty much... I think.
I can move it like physically... it's just being a scab it's all tight so i don't wanna rip it iygm.

[closed]

There are four degrees:
Burned skin - the skin is red.
a little dipper that the skin - Blisters
burned flash - you wouldn't be able to move of the huge pain it causes.
Burned to the bone - you are probably dead by now if you have it.

By what you said it's probably bad first degree burn. can be very annoying. it hurts in the beggining, and then the skin is red dry and yucky... and hurts as well...
Get some bandages, some kind of cream for the burns, and ask your mom to help you with it.
I really hope it's better by now. if it doesn't get better contact urgently a doctor
Good Luck :hug:

[Fiction]

It's more second degree. It already blistered and then scabbed over. I used to burn alot, and it's worse and bigger than all my old burns which are still scarred over 6 months on -_-

[ShatteredWings]

Second degree would be just blistered, sounds like you're in between 2nd and 3rd really.

(note: most burns are 2nd degree)

[Fiction]

Hmm it kinda went white and slightly blistered when i first did it but not much.... And then it just totally scabbed over and went a dark red/black colour. Hadn't really considered it 3rd degree but now i look it up it could be, as you say, somewhere between 2nd and 3rd idk.

[georgiamay]

so to sum up, go to a doctor, or if not, ask your mum to look at it.

All I can say here really, that's the only sensible thing you could do tbh.

[HeroesAndCons]

put some burn ointment on it and put it in gause or ace wrap bandage
GO TO DOC IMMEDIATELY

[Fiction]

It's ok. It's healed quite alot now. Thanks for your replies everyone. :)

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