What do I do, I burned my finger with boiling oil ?!


Question: What do I do, I burned my finger with boiling oil ?
Its my thumb, i dont want to sound like a big baby but it really hurts. Is it possible that it burned a nerve? cuz i feel the tenseness in my whole arm. I put some cut,pain and burn relieve creme on and its not doing much

Answers:

No, nerves are quite deep. To damage a nerve you would have to have a 3rd degree burn to your thumb, which would mean blackened, charred skin and the injury would go to the bone. Paradoxically these injuries are usually pain free because the nerve endings are destroyed.

For any burn you should douse it under gently running water (use your hand to break the flow - do not stick your thumb directly under the tap, this will slough off any damaged skin, which is detrimental - damaged skin can be converted by your body to a covering called a blister while it repairs itself, which is normal) for a good 10 to 30 minutes. Burns cool from the inside out.

Putting creams on isn't very helpful as they tend to reflect heat back into the burn itself and thus cause further damage. This is why applying butter to a burn, for example, is stupid. The best treatment is to rinse it under running water for up to 30 minutes to let the burn reach normal body temperature and then just leave it be. Your body knows what it's doing.



ouch! why not try egg... the white part of the egg, place it around your thumb. when it dries do it again, you may do it for the whole day, quite tiring but you'll be free from pain after all... hope this could help you in some way... ;)



Keep reducing the temperature of your thumb by using flowing water. And then dress the wound by using aloe ointment.



Be patient after putting the creams. Or try some natural remedies like aloe vera or fresh tomatoes(both cut opened) on the wound.

Good luck!



Quit typing and put a goddamned bandage on it already?

;)




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