What should I do if I get sunburned? Treatment of sunburn

Sunburn of the skin - the formation of blisters or redness under the influence of ultraviolet rays, which cause damage to all layers of the skin. More often under the influence of the sun, the epidermis suffers, damage occurs with the formation of edema, severe soreness, redness and exfoliation.

Features suffer from people with a light type of skin, but no one is immune to sunburn. What if I burned in the sun? First aid depends on the symptoms of the burn and the depth of tissue damage.

Symptoms of sunburn

Open body parts - face and nose, more often burn in the sun. The swimsuit and open clothing suffer from the shoulders, back, or other undisguised part of the body.

Less common burns of the legs, but burns in this area occur with symptoms of severe soreness, swelling and difficult to treat.

The first symptoms of sunburn appear after 30 minutes, and the maximum appear after 8-10 hours.

The clinical picture is known, it is as follows:

1. Focal or diffuse redness;
2. Local edema;
3. Soreness with each movement and touching the burned area;
4. Burning hot face;
5. The temperature rises both local and general;
6. Skin dry, blisters appear.

Damage to the epidermis and deeper layers of the skin is accompanied by the formation of toxins. Clinically, it manifests itself as symptoms of endogenous intoxication: headache, fever, nausea.

In young children, dehydration and shock are rapidly developing. Symptoms of burning in the sun can be accompanied by signs of exacerbation of chronic diseases, as well as allergic urticaria.

What should I do if I get sunburned?

The amount of medical care for a burn depends on the degree of tissue damage.

At the first degree of ( reddening of the skin) treatment is carried out at home, the body temperature remains normal.

The second degree ( the formation of fluid-filled vesicles of different sizes) requires special treatment. The condition is accompanied by an increase in temperature and symptoms of intoxication.

Obligatory medical attention requires face burns, skin burns in pregnant women and the occurrence of blisters filled with bloody fluid.

Medical care for face burning: how to remove redness?

Excessive exposure to sunlight causes the formation of pigment spots, photodermatosis, and in severe cases leads to scarring. When the first signs of burning occur, you need to cool the damaged skin with cool water.

You can apply a mask from kefir, sour cream or whey. Do not allow drying to further damage the skin. The mask should be periodically moistened, apply an additional layer on top.

It is prohibited to use alcohol lotions for rubbing the face after burning, they dry the skin and lead to additional damage to the epidermal cells.

Do not apply to the skin fat cream, petroleum jelly, it will lead to heat retention and thermal damage to deep layers of the skin.

What should I do if my nose is scorched?

Direct contact with sunlight is always exposed to the nose. Prevent it from burning will help a sunblock, a hat with a visor or a hat with long poles.

If the nose is still burnt, put it in order will help grated cucumber. Fresh flesh should be applied for 15-20 minutes.

A good effect when burning the nose has aloe juice, which smears the burned area until the disappearance of redness and symptoms of a burn.

You can also use all the means of burns and burns listed below.

Sunburn without a rise in temperature

Local back burns can be treated with home remedies, they leak without increasing body temperature. With the symptoms of burning, you need to cool the skin with cool water, apply a moisturizing cream "after sunburn" or an aerosol for burns. You can use sour cream or kefir.

Do not overdry the skin( lubricate with alcohol), and apply a greasy cream.

What if the temperature rises after sunburn and nausea appears?

Extensive burns, as well as local ones with deep skin lesions, occur with symptoms of intoxication and signs of heat stroke. Possible pressure drop and fainting, nausea, vomiting.

Patient with such symptoms of burning should be placed in a cool, sheltered from sunlight place. If possible, measure blood pressure and temperature.

Scheme for treatment of skin burns with a temperature above 37.5 degrees:

• Moisten and cool damaged areas;
• Lubricate the burn with medical spray;
• Take painkillers( ibuprofen, paracetamol);
• Antihistamines( suprastin, loratadine, claritin) will relieve swelling, redness and itching of the skin.

For detoxification and prevention of dehydration, the amount of liquid to be drunk must be at least 3 liters / day.

Formed blisters can not be pierced to avoid infection.

Sunburn, which is accompanied by symptoms of heat stroke, is subject to specialized medical care.

Treatment of sunburn with folk remedies

If the temperature does not rise after burning, and the burn is limited, then you can take home therapies. In folk medicine, simple and combined prescriptions for sunburn remedies are used:

1. Grate the potatoes, apply the mash to the burn site. After 20 minutes, rinse with cool water.
2. Remove puffiness and anesthetize cold compresses from green tea, aloe juice, sauerkraut masks.
3. Freeze cottage cheese and apply to the affected area for 5-10 minutes.
4. A cooled oatmeal mask is applied to the face. You need to hold for 15-20 minutes.
5. Lavender cream: 50 ml of body milk mixed with essential oil of lavender( 20 drops), add a teaspoon of chamomile broth.

Home remedies for burns should be applied 4-6 times / day on the burnt skin of the face, back and other areas. Home remedies are used as the main ones for an easy degree of burning.

With extensive burns, severe intoxication, increased body temperature, use pharmacy ointments and aerosols.

Pharmaceutical preparations against sunburns

Medical preparations should have analgesic, regenerating and anti-inflammatory action. Such properties are possessed by the following pharmaceutical preparations that are used for treatment against sunburn:

Ointments and gels with hydrocortisone - relieve itching, swelling of the tissues and redness. They have a fast, effective effect.

Analgesic Ointments based on lidocaine.

Aerosols and sprays containing panthenol is the most popular remedy with analgesic and wound healing action. Vitamin E and coenzyme A have a regenerating effect, softens the skin and eliminates inflammation.

Burning, even mild, causes pigmentation and aging of the skin. The nevus under the action of sunlight can be malignant.

Therefore, protect the skin from direct UV rays, use sunscreen and sunscreen. And if the sunburn has already happened - help yourself and your relatives right.