Burn - skin damage due to high temperatures. Burning can be with boiling water, hot oil or a hot object. As a result of such damage on the surface of the skin, blisters often appear, which burst after a while. The formation of blisters markedly reduces the rate of wound healing.
First and second degree burns can be treated at home, more severe third and fourth degree burns require medical intervention.
The most quickly with the skin lesions obtained as a result of any burn is treated with special ointments. These drugs are quickly absorbed, and practically have no side effects, since they are applied topically. The most effective and inexpensive ointments for burns we describe in this article.
What should I do if I get a burn?
The person who received the burn must be aware of the fact that the affected area of the skin should be rinsed with ordinary cool water, in order to clean it of dust, dirt or grains of dust on it, and also for cooling. It is necessary to ensure that clothing does not touch the burn. In extreme cases, you can apply a bandage to a sore spot, which you must first impregnate with ointment.
Only all these actions can and should be taken if the received first or second degree burn, characterized by simple reddening or the appearance of bubbles filled with liquid. Heavier degrees require qualified medical assistance.
List of ointments used for burns
The pharmaceutical industry produces a large number of ointments that can neutralize the destructive effect of burns on the skin and subcutaneous tissues.
Popular ointments from chemical burns :
- Solcoseryl;
- Rescuer;
- Levomekol;
- Bepanten;
- Eplan.
Popular ointments from burns with boiling water :
- Panthenol;
- Furacilin ointment;
- Rescuer;
- Levomekol;
- Actovegin;
- Eplan Ointment from steam burns.
Popular ointments for burn healing :
- Solcoseryl;
- Panthenol;
- Calendula ointment;
- Actovegin;
- Bepanten;
- Rescuer;
- Eplan;
- Ebermin.
Popular ointments from sunburns :
- Panthenol;
- Bepanten;
- Eplan;
- Argosulfan;
- Solcoseryl;
- Rescuer.
Popular ointments from oil burns :
- Panthenol;
- Dermazine;
- Lifeguard;
- Eplan;
- Furacilin ointment;
- Levomekol;
- Synthomycin ointment;
- Actovegin.
For local treatment of any type of burns, doctors use a lot of good modern drugs. But from this set, you can still choose some of the most effective and often used in today's medical practice.
La Cree
This cream was originally created specifically to remove skin irritation, which can occur, including after burns 1 and 2 degrees of severity.
The composition of the cream includes an extract of licorice, violets, alternatives, bisabolol, which are responsible for reducing inflammation of the skin. In addition, the cream has a walnut extract that has an antimicrobial effect, panthenol and avocado oil further softens the skin and stimulates its accelerated healing.
It is important to note this fact that, due to the lack of dyes, the cream "la-Cree" is shown even for use in skin damage in a newborn!
Rescuer
Anti-burn balsam containing beeswax, echinacea extract, lavender oil, sea buckthorn and tea tree, milk lipids, vitamin E and terpentine. A similar composition allows this ointment to provide regenerative, emollient, moisturizing, antiseptic, immunostimulating, anti-inflammatory, protective and analgesic effects on the wound surface.
The main advantages of the drug are a high rate of manifestation of the clinical effect, the possibility of application in pediatric practice and the minimum number of contraindications( the only exception is the intolerance of the components of the Rescuer).
Ointment from burn Levomekol
Ointment on a water basis, hydrophilic. It can easily be washed off, it can be combined with other means. The therapeutic components of this ointment easily penetrate the affected area and quickly give their effect.
The enormous dignity of this remedy is antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties. It consists of methyluracil and levomycetin, which destroy pathogens that can lead to suppuration of the wound. Burns treated with ointment are less swallowed and heal faster.
The action of methyluracil is aimed at stimulating the metabolism inside cells, which leads to the fastest recovery of the affected structures. Also methyluracil promotes leukocytosis, which is very important for fighting microbes - the leukocytes are the first to come to protection from viruses, bacteria and fungi. Price 134.34 rubles.
Panthenol Ointment
Panthenol is a good ointment for burns, because it can look like ointments, tablets, capsules, troches, cream, solution, lotion or spray. Due to this, the doctor can easily assign a specific kind of panthenol drug to the patient.
Panthenol, when interacting with the human body, has the ability to convert its active ingredients into pantothenic acid, which is lacking in damaged tissues, and this helps the diseased organism to exchange cells, metabolize fats and saccharides, and produce glucocorticoids - these are hormones. Like all ointments Panthenol also helps to heal faster and to remove the inflammatory process. Price 236.00 rubles.
Bepanten
Drug medication normalizes skin metabolism, restores its integrity. Bepanten is used for burns externally, it is not greasy, effectively destroys all bacteria. In addition, Bepanten has an analgesic and cooling effect. Apply the drug in treatment should be three times a day, a thin layer. Price 369.00 rubles.
Folk remedies
At home, you can use some folk recipes:
- You need to mix lean or sunflower oil with beeswax in a three to one ratio, then heat up these two components, but do not leave the plate, otherwise the mixture will run away. After that, cool the medicine and put it on gauze. Stir the mixture with a stainless steel spoon, put the gauze on the burn. Pain with a burn occurs immediately when the ointment is applied. The medicine can be stored in the refrigerator.
- For 50 grams of olive oil or other vegetable, you need to take 30-40 grams of beeswax of the best quality( fresh) and one yolk of a hard-boiled egg yolk. Prepare the ointment in the following way: first in the enamel cookware, heat the oil, then dissolve the wax in it and then add the yolk with small pieces. All this mixture will be very foaming, so be careful not to run away. As you can see, it is not difficult to prepare an ointment, but it helps very well.
Ointment from burns with boiling water with blisters
Ointment from burns with boiling water is used after first aid measures when exposed to hot water on the skin. The most effective means at home:
- Panthenol;
- Rescuer;
- Levomekol;
- Actovegin;
- Furacilin ointment;
- Eplan Ointment from steam burns.
From burns to steam, the same ointment is recommended, as with burns with boiling water with blisters. The list of recommended means is indicated above.