How to do with warm sticker burns

April 30, 2023
In winter, many people will put some baby warmers on their bodies to keep warm, baby warmers are easy to use, can be removed at any time, and the heating time is up to 12 hours, so it is very popular. However, the use of warm stickers are prone to burns and other phenomena, so how to be burned by the warm stickers?

The symptoms of warm sticker burns

Stickers are not harmless, if improper use or long time use will cause low temperature burns. Low-temperature burns are generally painless, but the skin will have redness, blisters, peeling or whitening and other phenomena.

The danger of warm sticker burns

The area of warm patch burns is not large, but the depth is relatively large, generally from shallow Ⅱ degrees to deep Ⅱ degrees, and serious cases will reach Ⅲ degrees. The trauma is deep and often results in tissue necrosis, some of which can be as deep as bone. These burns often occur in the lower extremities, due to poor blood supply to the lower extremities, the wound is not easy to heal, if not handled properly will occur ulceration, some long time can not heal.

How to do with a warm patch burn

Should immediately rinse with about 20 degrees of water, not with ice water rinse easy frostbite. If the blisters are small just use topical burn cream, if the blisters are large, you need to use a sterilized needle or syringe head to pierce the surface of the blisters to release the exudate, and apply burn cream. If the situation is more serious, you need to go to the hospital in time to seek medical attention.

Precautions after being burned by a heating pad

Don't let the wound get infected after being burned by a heating pad, keep the wound dry and ventilated and don't get wet to avoid clothing aggravating the wound again. To heal before avoid spicy stimulating food. The wound will generally heal in about ten days with a scab, but if the wound is still red and painful for two or three days, you will need to go to the hospital.

How to avoid warm sticker burns

1. When using a warm patch for warmth, it should not be in direct contact with the skin, but can be attached to the outside of the clothes and pants (the clothes and pants should not be too thin). 2. Do not paste the warm sticker when sleeping, because the long time use of warm sticker is easy to cause low temperature burns, and sleeping will inadvertently squeeze the warm sticker, more likely to be burned. Generally warm sticker burns are occurring when sleeping. 3. Diabetes, blood circulation disorders, vasculitis, long-term bedridden, or post-stroke people and infants to avoid using, because their skin heat sensitivity is low, more likely to cause low-temperature burns.
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