Low-temperature burns are also associated with burning, blistering and discoloration of the skin. After being scalded, the patient should immediately rinse or soak the wound with clean cool water, and then seek medical attention as soon as possible after the pain is reduced. In addition, diabetic patients, the elderly, etc., due to the pain sensitivity is reduced, more should be used properly to avoid "low-temperature burns".
After causing low-temperature burns, it is necessary to carry out cold therapy in a timely manner, and if there are blisters, epidermal ulcers, etc., it is necessary to consult a doctor in a timely manner in order to prevent the occurrence of infection.
Cold therapy: low-temperature burns after the patient should be timely cold therapy, such as cold water on the wound for drenching, cold compresses or wrapped in ice towels and other cold compresses, is conducive to rapid cooling of the wound, to reduce the residual heat to continue to damage the tissue, but the cold therapy time should not be too long, generally 20-30 minutes at a time to avoid leading to secondary effects.
Seek medical attention: If there are localized blisters or epidermal rupture, patients need to go to the burn unit for further treatment. If unbroken small blisters need to avoid friction, pressure, can wait until its self-absorption. Large blisters need to use a sterile syringe to extract the fluid in the blister under aseptic operation, and use a sterile oily dressing to dress the wound. Patients with epidermal rupture can be sterilized with hydrogen peroxide or povidone-iodine, and the surrounding skin should be kept clean and dry.