Question for parents and/or medical professionals - need advice for an oil burn.

[Jesus.]

I've just burnt myself with hot oil on my left forearm. I basically slipped with sausages in a baking try and it pured down my arm in probably a 3" square. It ******ing kills and is blistering up already. I also have a tennis ball sized burn on my foot from the spillage

Because it was oil, do I have to clean it before I put cream on it, because it's too painful to clean. I only have Savlon to put on it, so is that going to do the trick, or do I need something else?

[Niamh.]

Jeez, that sounds pretty bad, maybe you need to have it seen to?

[Kate!]

you need to go to A and E straightaway.

[Verbal]

I've just burnt myself with hot oil on my left forearm. I basically slipped with sausages in a baking try and it pured down my arm in probably a 3" square. It ******ing kills and is blistering up already. I also have a tennis ball sized burn on my foot from the spillage

Because it was oil, do I have to clean it before I put cream on it, because it's too painful to clean. I only have Savlon to put on it, so is that going to do the trick, or do I need something else?

Erm, A&E job that

[Niamh.]

Yeah, from the sounds of it, I think you should go to A&E or your doctor

[Vanessa]

I think it's better you get it checked. :shocked:

[Jessica.]

Go to the hospital. D:

[Ammi]

..ice, frozen veg etc..anything cold as it will continue to burn for quite a while..?...

[MTVN]

Just run it under a cold tap, should do the trick

[Jesus.]

A&E? Seems like a lot of trouble for a burn. Can't I just put some cream on it and let it heal?

[Ammi]

..I've just read you OP properly..doen't put cream or anything on it..cold water or something from the freezer to stop the burning process...and leave it on there for around half an hour..can someone take you to A&E..?..

[Ammi]

A&E? Seems like a lot of trouble for a burn. Can't I just put some cream on it and let it heal?

..no cream seriously, with an oil burn it will carry on burning so you must get something cold on it...

[Niamh.]

A&E? Seems like a lot of trouble for a burn. Can't I just put some cream on it and let it heal?

Well If it's like how you described then yeah, it sounds pretty bad

[Ammi]

..and yes A&E, stop being so stubborn you silly old fool..

[Kate!]

..I've just read you OP properly..doen't put cream or anything on it..cold water or something from the freezer to stop the burning process...and leave it on there for around half an hour..can someone take you to A&E..?..

yep echo this, cool water, not ice cold though is recommended in my first aid kit, put a tea towel round as a compress and go and get checked out.

[Verbal]

A&E? Seems like a lot of trouble for a burn. Can't I just put some cream on it and let it heal?

This is exactly the kind of thing they are there for. Is NHS Direct still running? Ring them. Pretty sure they will just tell you to go to A&E though.

[Verbal]

A&E? Seems like a lot of trouble for a burn. Can't I just put some cream on it and let it heal?

It could get infected. It needs seeing to.

[Jesus.]

I've got peas on at the moment. I'll post a pic in a few mins to show you. I don't think a&e is an option, as I can't be sitting in a waiting room four hours.

Matthews advice was basically what I wanted to hear.

[Josy]

A&E

[Josy]

I've got peas on at the moment. I'll post a pic in a few mins to show you. I don't think a&e is an option, as I can't be sitting in a waiting room four hours.

Matthews advice was basically what I wanted to hear.

You will be high priority for burns, they wont leave you sitting around.

[Vanessa]

I've got peas on at the moment. I'll post a pic in a few mins to show you. I don't think a&e is an option, as I can't be sitting in a waiting room four hours.

Matthews advice was basically what I wanted to hear.

Why don't you ring nhs direct? They could tell you if you need to go to a&e or not.

[MTVN]

Or just ring that useless new non emergency 111 number

[Cherie]

Cream is the worst thing you can put on a burn. A cold compress or keep you arm under a cold tap, and take some paracetamol for the pain.

[Verbal]

Am I invisible? It. Could. Get. Infected. ****ing peas.

[Ammi]

I've got peas on at the moment. I'll post a pic in a few mins to show you. I don't think a&e is an option, as I can't be sitting in a waiting room four hours.

Matthews advice was basically what I wanted to hear.

..ughh, I despair of you..you need to go to A&E seruiously, it could get infected and become much more of a problem, then you won't have any choice of an inconvenient day...just go please...now..!!!

[Niamh.]

Am I invisible? It. Could. Get. Infected. ****ing peas.

:laugh3:

[Josy]

Why would you even hang around asking questions, just go to the hospital :shrug:

[Jesus.]

Wait. Yes, I'vecooled it down, and I've got peas on it now. Let me post a pic so tyou can all judge it better. I don't think hospital is necessary

[Verbal]

Wait. Yes, I'vecooled it down, and I've got peas on it now. Let me post a pic so tyou can all judge it better. I don't think hospital is necessary

3rd time


It. Could. Get. Infected.

FFS

[Cherie]

I must admit I am hospital adverse as well. Go in with a burn come out with MRSA.

[Josy]

Jesus' next thread...

'I just poked my eye out with a pencil do you think I need a bandage?'

[Niamh.]

:laugh2:

[Vanessa]

:laugh3:

[Verbal]

Do you ever get that feeling somebody has you on their ignore list?

Let it go gangrene

Meh

[Jesus.]

Jesus' next thread...

'I just poked my eye out with a pencil do you think I need a bandage?'

Well your cocunut remedy has offered my nothing :hmph:

[Cherie]

Do you ever get that feeling somebody has you on their ignore list?

Let it go gangrene

Meh

:joker: He'll be fine, he won't develop gangrene overnight..

[Jesus.]

http://i.imgur.com/WdDeypd.jpg

[Verbal]

:joker: He'll be fine, he won't develop gangrene overnight..

Well the least you should do is bandage it up and then go and see the doctor/nurse at your local surgery tomorrow morning. ****ing peas

[Jesus.]

Do you ever get that feeling somebody has you on their ignore list?

Let it go gangrene

Meh

You're not on my ignore list. I was trying to get the pic up. I've taken all advice on board. but I'm not going to panic and rush to the hospital just yet. I'm hardly Simon Weston. I do appreciate the concern though - sincerely.

[Verbal]

You're not on my ignore list. I was trying to get the pic up. I've taken all advice on board. but I'm not going to panic and rush to the hospital just yet. I'm hardly Simon Weston. I do appreciate the concern though - sincerely.

Bandage it up, leave it alone and go to the Drs tomorrow.

[MTVN]

Looks fine to me, get back to cooking those sausages

[Niamh.]

Do you ever get that feeling somebody has you on their ignore list?

Let it go gangrene

Meh

http://i.imgur.com/B0VOEAL.jpg

[MTVN]

:joker:

[Vanessa]

:laugh2:

[Jesus.]

:laugh3:

[Josy]

http://i.imgur.com/B0VOEAL.jpg

:joker::joker::joker:

[Josy]

Actually that burn doesn't look so bad...

So why are you cooking sausages in a baking tray? should be cooking them on a grill so the grease drips out :suspect:

[Niamh.]

Actually that burn doesn't look so bad...

So why are you cooking sausages in a baking tray? should be cooking them on a grill so the grease drips out :suspect:

This, or a frying pan

[Jesus.]

Actually that burn doesn't look so bad...

So why are you cooking sausages in a baking tray? should be cooking them on a grill so the grease drips out :suspect:

I have baking trays with a slight slope so the fat runs out to the edges. Cooked them like that, So I could leave them in the oven, turn them once, then eat, rather than mess around with a grill.

They are big, hearty sausages, so easier to make sure they are cooked through in the oven.

[Z]

Jesus' next thread...

'I just poked my eye out with a pencil do you think I need a bandage?'

I just sniggered at work and got a weird look from my colleague :laugh2:

Umm yeah just echoing everyone else really, go up to A&E, you'll be priority because it's a burn. I believe a lot of people wrap their burn in cling film?! I don't know why.

[Z]

http://i.imgur.com/B0VOEAL.jpg

omg this thread! :laugh3:

[Verbal]

It burns when I pee, should I shoot water up my urethra ?

[Jesus.]

It burns when I pee, should I shoot water up my urethra ?

No - just put some ******ing peas on it.

[Niamh.]

:laugh3:

[smudgie]

Keep it under a cold tap for 10 mins or so.
Do not put ice on, do not put cream on it.
Wrap it in cling film, it will protect it from infection, keep it on a few days the blisters should sort themselves out.
If in doubt, or excessive pain get to a doctors.

[Verbal]

No - just put some ******ing peas on it.

But it burns...oh never mind

[Benjamin]

I'm assuming you haven;t gone to A & E. You should, if it gets infected you'll be worse off for it and it can leave some serious skin damage if left unattended properly.

[Lee.]

You're supposed to piss on oil burns

[Verbal]

You're supposed to piss on oil burns

Pretty sure thats Jellyfish, but ok:joker:

[Verbal]

Jellyfish stings, i'm not advising you to piss on an actual Jellyfish

[the truth]

I've just burnt myself with hot oil on my left forearm. I basically slipped with sausages in a baking try and it pured down my arm in probably a 3" square. It ******ing kills and is blistering up already. I also have a tennis ball sized burn on my foot from the spillage

Because it was oil, do I have to clean it before I put cream on it, because it's too painful to clean. I only have Savlon to put on it, so is that going to do the trick, or do I need something else?

crikey I burnt myself with a hot water bottle last year....went straight to the hospital....they said it wasn't major and they washed it and put some creams on it and some kind of mesh that would kill any germs....they then sent nurses to my house twice a week for a few weeks as I had my leg in plaster....1 of them was molten hot too, but she didn't notice my boner.
hope this helps and good luck

[Vanessa]

crikey I burnt myself with a hot water bottle last year....went straight to the hospital....they said it wasn't major and they washed it and put some creams on it and some kind of mesh that would kill any germs....they then sent nurses to my house twice a week for a few weeks as I had my leg in plaster....1 of them was molten hot too, but she didn't notice my boner.
hope this helps and good luck

:joker::joker::joker:

[the truth]

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Burns-and-scalds/Pages/Treatment.aspx

[Ammi]

I have baking trays with a slight slope so the fat runs out to the edges. Cooked them like that, So I could leave them in the oven, turn them once, then eat, rather than mess around with a grill.

They are big, hearty sausages, so easier to make sure they are cooked through in the oven.

..why didn't you barbecue them, it's lovely outside..?...

[Jesus.]

You're supposed to piss on oil burns

What you've done there, is mix oil burns and your face up.

[AnnieK]

The cling film trick works with oil burns I think. My friend had a chip pan fire and three the chip pan outside after she had put the fire out and oil splash all up her legs. She went to a and e and they checked for what degree burns and put cling film round it. Be careful when taking it off though as you can take the skin with it.

[Jesus.]

..why didn't you barbecue them, it's lovely outside..?...

BBQ's and 3rd floor living don't seem to agree with each other. BBQ's are even worse than grills for cooking things all the way through.

[Ammi]

BBQ's and 3rd floor living don't seem to agree with each other. BBQ's are even worse than grills for cooking things all the way through.

..how does it look now..?..

[Jesus.]

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Burns-and-scalds/Pages/Treatment.aspx

Thanks for that. I think I'm going to make it.

I don't take painkillers though so I'll just have to go with it.

[Jesus.]

..how does it look now..?..

Same as the pic on page 2.

[Vanessa]

Same as the pic on page 2.

If it's not better tomorrow you should get it looked at.

[Kazanne]

I've just burnt myself with hot oil on my left forearm. I basically slipped with sausages in a baking try and it pured down my arm in probably a 3" square. It ******ing kills and is blistering up already. I also have a tennis ball sized burn on my foot from the spillage

Because it was oil, do I have to clean it before I put cream on it, because it's too painful to clean. I only have Savlon to put on it, so is that going to do the trick, or do I need something else?

Go to hospital ,Don't put crème on it.

[the truth]

bite the bullet and go to a and e, it should be quieter later in the evening too
Theyd be delighted to see Jesus there

[Ammi]

bite the bullet and go to a and e, it should be quieter later in the evening too
Theyd be delighted to see Jesus there


..LOL..I don't know, maybe not this Jesus..?..

[Z]

Oh you're one of those people who avoids medicine and medical services at all costs. One of my close friends is like that. He'd never taken a paracetamol until two years ago. :nono:

[Jesus.]

Oh you're one of those people who avoids medicine and medical services at all costs. One of my close friends is like that. He'd never taken a paracetamol until two years ago. :nono:

No, not at all. Having an accident that meant living on pain killers for a long time, made pain killers very moorish and difficult to leave behind when I didn't need them anymore. Just trying to make sure I don't go back there.

[billy123]

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[Lee.]

How's the one on your foot?

[Jesus.]

http://t.qkme.me/3vmv7j.jpg

Thanks Bob!

How's the one on your foot?

That one has calmed down quite a lot. The arm is ridiculously sore though - Showering tomorrow will be fun!

[Lee.]

Thanks Bob!



That one has calmed down quite a lot. The arm is ridiculously sore though - Showering tomorrow will be fun!

Mustard will apparently take the pain out of it for a while

[Josy]

http://t.qkme.me/3vmv7j.jpg

:joker::joker:

[Jesus.]

Mustard will apparently take the pain out of it for a while

You're such a ******.

[Ammi]

Mustard will apparently take the pain out of it for a while

..I think it's hot dogs you put mustard on, not hot gods Lee..

[Verbal]

Showering tomorrow will be fun!

Yea I wouldnt do that, I have been treated regularly throughout my life for pressure sores and pretty serious blisters, which for all intents and purposes are the same thing; the last one was on my foot and by the time I noticed it you could almost see the bone, (I have no feeling due to Spina Bifida).

Whilst being treated for this particular one I was provided with a waterproof cover that I had to put over my leg whilst showering to keep it dry.

Go to your doctors surgery tomorrow, keep it dry until then.

[Lee.]

You're such a ******.

Lol!! I'm bloody trying to help you!! Google it if you don't believe me!

[Jesus.]

Lol!! I'm bloody trying to help you!! Google it if you don't believe me!

I thought you were being your usual self - I have just googled it and I'm going to actually do this now.


If this works I'll never refer to you as a ****** again.

[Kate!]

If its stinging as well, aloe Vera lotion is very cooling and soothing.

[Jesus.]

So..........Just put mustard on it, and it instantly felt a load cooler, and it's feeling a lot better overall. The pain has been significantly reduced. I almost want to burn another part of mmy body to cover myself in more mustard.

Do it kids - it could be fun?

[Lee.]

You're welcome :)

[Josy]

Never heard of that before, just googled it and lots of people swear by it.

I'm going to try it next time I burn myself in the kitchen.

[AnnieK]

I thought you were being your usual self - I have just googled it and I'm going to actually do this now.


If this works I'll never refer to you as a ****** again.

So..........Just put mustard on it, and it instantly felt a load cooler, and it's feeling a lot better overall. The pain has been significantly reduced. I almost want to burn another part of mmy body to cover myself in more mustard.

Do it kids - it could be fun?

Now then....we can all see if you keep your promise to never call Lee a **** again!!

[Lee.]

Now then....we can all see if you keep your promise to never call Lee a **** again!!

:joker: he's just called me a **** on my wall!

[Jesus.]

Never heard of that before, just googled it and lots of people swear by it.

I'm going to try it next time I burn myself in the kitchen.

I can sense the coconut powder getting jealous!!

It really does work though - I can't believe the difference.

[AnnieK]

:joker: he's just called me a **** on my wall!

Not a man of his word then?

[Jesus.]

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[Verbal]

Friday 30th August 2013

Nurse: "Why does your arm smell of mustard"

Jesus: "Erm"

Nurse: "I think it must be infected, i'll call the ambulance. Quarantine!"

[billy123]

Mustard will apparently take the pain out of it for a whileBranston pickle is the same apparently.
But if it doesnt work you can throw a lump of cheddar a couple of pickled onions and a slice of bread on there and just have a ploughmans lunch :elephant: