According to scientific research, adults will be scalded if they are exposed to a temperature higher than 60 degrees for one minute, but the temperature of 60 degrees needs special heating in daily life, so it is rare for normal people to be scalded without touching electricity or gas; But for children with delicate skin, 50℃ may burn, and this temperature is likely to appear when the weather is hot.
Although the midsummer has passed, the "autumn tiger" is still in full swing, and the possibility of children being burned is still not low. Next, I will introduce the "invisible burn" that parents often don't think of.
First, iron railings, metal toys, car shells.
First of all, most of the things that can burn children in the sun are metal objects, such as iron railings, metal toys, car shells and so on. Because of the low specific heat capacity and strong thermal conductivity of metals, it is easy to reach higher temperatures as long as they are exposed to sunlight. Iron railings, metal toys and car shells are all objects that children are easy to encounter when playing, and it is worth noting that many metal skateboards are also within the scope of metal toys.
Second, the floor lamp
In addition to metal materials exposed to sunlight, floor lamps are another hazard that may cause burns in children. Ground lamp is a kind of ballistic lamp, which is installed on the ground of many squares to create the sky. This kind of lamp has high power, and its light beam will heat the glass to a higher temperature when it shines on the glass cover. For children, as long as they touch it carelessly, they will be burned immediately.
We must first prevent children from being burned, but children are naturally active and prone to danger, so parents must first understand how to deal with them correctly after being burned.
First, cold water washing
Once the child is scalded, it must be washed with cold water of about 20 degrees in the shortest time to cool the child's wound and prevent the scalded area from expanding and causing greater harm to the child. In addition, it is worth noting that cold water is slightly cooler than room temperature. Don't use ice water, so as to avoid secondary injury to children caused by too cold.
Second, dress in time.
Another key point is to dress the child's burns in time. In fact, it stands to reason that most burns in life are closed wounds. Theoretically, there is no need to dress them. However, because children are naturally active, they may not pay attention to the wound or are unwilling to cooperate, so they are often easy to scratch the wound. Therefore, parents had better dress their children's wounds.
In fact, there is not much that parents can do except cold water washing and timely dressing, but some parents always feel that if they don't do something, they don't pay attention to their children, so they often do something useless, even harmful to wound healing. Next, I point out three common misunderstandings of scald treatment for parents.
Break the water in the wound first.
The most common misunderstanding in scald treatment is that when the skin burns blisters, many people feel uncomfortable, or think that the "water" in the blisters is dirty, so they choose to puncture the skin and squeeze out the water inside.
But in fact, when the skin is burned and there is no open wound, the "water" in the blister is the tissue fluid of the human body. As long as the blisters in the skin are not punctured, it is equivalent to a closed aseptic environment, which is conducive to the healing of burns. When the wound heals, the water in the blister will disappear naturally with time. However, if the skin of the blister is forcibly punctured, the wound is likely to become the entrance for bacteria to enter, and there is a risk of infection.
Second, put strange things such as soy sauce or soy sauce on the open wound.
In the folk remedies of our country, there is always a different obsession with food, as if any wound on the body is coated with sauce, soy sauce, lard, soap, vinegar toothpaste and even incense ashes, which will accelerate wound healing, diminish inflammation and sterilize. But in fact, most of the things in it are not only useless to the wound, but even harmful, such as soy sauce, sauce and incense ashes. If you apply these things to an open wound, it is likely to cause pigmentation when the wound heals, and that skin will show a permanent sauce color.
Third, take off your clothes in a hurry
Many parents will suddenly take off their children's clothes when they are anxious to deal with their children's wounds after they are burned. But in fact, if the burn is serious, it is not a blister, but the wound on the skin and the clothes are likely to bite each other. The friction caused by undressing may drag the child's skin down. Therefore, even if you need to deal with your child's wounds urgently, you should strip your child's wounds and clothes with cold water or other means first, and then carefully remove them.
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