The first feeling after a burn or scald is severe pain in the wound. How to quickly and effectively relieve the pain is the most urgent request of the injured.

In fact, pain after burns is a protective response of the human body, which helps the body take timely measures to prevent further damage. From this perspective, pain is not entirely a bad thing. However, severe pain can cause the body to have a stress response and even shock, which can be life-threatening. Therefore, it is necessary to take timely measures for treatment. Clinicians also attach great importance to the treatment of pain in burn patients.

Pain after burns and scalds is caused by the stimulation of local skin damage acting on sensory nerve endings. Therefore, it is generally believed that the shallower the depth of the burn, the more severe the pain; the deeper the depth of the burn, the lighter the pain. There is no pain in deep burns where the entire thickness of the skin is destroyed, because the sensory nerve endings are destroyed, so pain is naturally not felt. Therefore, generally speaking, the more severe the pain, the milder the burn.

Active treatment after burns and scalds can effectively reduce pain. Commonly used methods are as follows:

(1) Rinse the wound with cold water as soon as possible, which has obvious cooling and analgesic effects. General requirements Rinse the wound with water at about 15°C for 20 to 30 minutes, which will help reduce further damage from heat and also help reduce edema. Larger burns and scalds should be managed appropriately to avoid high temperature damage.

(2) Coating the wound with oily medicine can moisturize the wound and relieve pain.

TCM has its own experience in this regard. For example, ancient prescriptions include sesame oil, badger oil, etc. However, it should be noted that when using traditional Chinese medicine for treatment, strict disinfection and sterilization must be carried out to prevent wound infection.

(3) Avoid using highly irritating disinfectants for wound disinfection, such as alcohol, iodine tincture, etc. You can choose less irritating disinfectants, such as iodophor.

(4) The wound should be bandaged with a thicker dressing as much as possible. On the one hand, it can protect the wound, isolate it from the outside world, and prevent wound contamination. On the other hand, it can keep the wound warm and moisturizing, reduce pain, and help the wound heal. .

(5) Severe pain can be overcome with appropriate use of analgesics. Moderate analgesia will not affect wound healing.

(6) For low-lying wounds on the body, such as burns and scalds on the lower limbs, appropriate pressure bandaging can also help reduce pain.

(7) Strict aseptic operation to prevent infection. Wound infection not only causes pain, but also deepens the wound and delays healing.