[TheForge] Cure for a bad burn?

[Saint Phlip]

Actually, it's not particularly large quantities of ice, it relates
more to the circulation of the patient- pts with poor circulation are
highly subject to frostbite. And, with many injuries, the damage
impedes your circulation. You also have the difficulty that ice
reduces sensitivity- your pain nerves, which while obnoxious, do serve
you very well in helping you prevent further damage to your anatomy,
are often shut down, or at least made less sensitive by ice. Yes,
that's a desired effect, but it's like anything else- if you overdo
it, you can get in a worse situation than if you didn't do it at all.

So, please, use ice, but with great caution.

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 2:14 PM,  <barkingcrow at comcast.net> wrote:
> Having gotten many minor burns over the years (mostly on the fingers) I'm a great believer in Ice, Ibuprofen, and elevation.   I'll put the finger in a bowl of ice water or hold a cube on the burned area, take 800 mg ibuprofen, and hold the hand up as high as I can for as long as I can.  The elevation helps reduce the blister.  An ice cube held directly on the burn takes the pain away and doesn't cause tissue damage.  I think Mayo was referring to large amounts of ice.  I keep the cube or ice water bath on the burn until it stops hurting when the ice is removed.  It's sort of a no brainer, if taking the ice away causes the pain to come back, then reapply the ice or ice water bath.  Often takes an hour or so.
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