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Dr. AFSBCNRE
I burned my arm last week. The skin blistered and it looks gross, but all in all it wasn't that painful. Then I spent the weekend assembling furniture, and I knocked and scraped the area that was burned a lot. The blister opened some, but I thought I did a good job of cleaning it.
Yesterday it started swelling. As of last night, an area about 3/4 of an inch around the whole burn was pink and swollen. I circled it before I went to bed, and it's stayed about the same, maybe gotten about a millimeter wider.
My arm is just slightly sore, and the burn itself is tender to the touch. If I touch just the swollen area, though, it doesn't hurt.
Is it MRSA? Am I just suddenly going to drop dead today? Really, at what point should I be worried, and what should I put on it? All I have in the house is bacitracin, but it says its to prevent infection, not heal it.
Re: Dr. AFSBCNRE
I don't think you're supposed to put anything on a burn because they're so easily infected. If it's already infected you're screwed and your arm should turn black and fall off by tomorrow. good luck!
I'd probably go see my dr. if you think it's infected.
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go to a dr -- a real dr with a degree from a non-carribbean medial school.
Silvadene is for burns. If you have an urgent care near you I would go there, have them clean and dress the burn and ask for some samples you can put on for the next few days.
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You should see your PCP to rule out an infection and get some silvadene, but you can wait until tomorrow. Otherwise, keep it clean and covered with dry gauze until you get in, and completely change the dressing you put on it every 12-24 hours. You can safely put bacitracin on it, especially if the skin is broken.
I would not go to an urgent care or ER unless the red area is expanding outside the circle you drew around it quickly (like it gets bigger over the course of an hour). I'd also go to an ER if you get a fever or it hurts more.
I hope you feel better.
If it stays the same, I'd just keep it clean and dressed, and hit up the pharmacist tomorrow and see what over the counter stuff they recommend. And otherwise just keep a close eye on it and on how you feel, like Ribth said.
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