Every year more and more people suffer from sunburn, despite the huge selection of effective sunscreens. This is due to aggressive ultraviolet radiation, increasing every year. Sometimes it is enough to spend a few minutes in the sun to get a sunburn. A person simply does not notice that his skin is burned, because the symptoms appear after a few hours.
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Sunburn Symptoms
If you were so careless in sunny weather that it became a problem, you will find:
- redness of the skin;
- pain when in contact with clothing;
- dry and tight skin;
- edema, blisters;
- burning sensation;
- high body temperature;
- skin soreness;
- sometimes dizziness, weakness, headache.
Sunburn is especially dangerous for people with sensitive and fair skin. This type of skin is characterized by rapid burning, which can occur even onlips, head and earlobes. After assessing the extent of the damage, you should take action and decide what to do with a sunburn. Some of the tips below will help you deal with this problem without visiting a doctor.
7 easy tips to treat burnt spots
- Use a special cream against thermal burns (available at any pharmacy), it will soften the skin and relieve pain.
- Apply cool compresses to affected areas.
- Do not smear with greasy creams, oils and sour cream. Fat creates a film on the surface that prevents air from entering, as a result, the heat intensifies, the pain does not disappear anywhere.
- Because sunburn causes itching and swelling, take an antihistamine.
- To prevent the spread of free radicals caused by excessive ultraviolet radiation, take antioxidants. They are found in fresh fruits (pomegranates, oranges, berries, apples) and green tea.
- Aloe juice applied to the affected area will relieve pain and help relieve redness.
- At the healing stage, do not overdry the skin, do not use alcohol lotions, take care of regular moisturizing.
When do you need medical attention?
You should seek the help of a doctor if you have received an extensive sunburn, you do not know how to treat it. If a headache, fever, chills, watery blisters form along with the burn, you should immediatelyseek help from doctors. It is likely that you will be offered observation in a hospital, you should not refuse such a measure. Remember that the contents of the blisters are a concentrated pathogenic environment, which, if released into the bloodstream, can provoke poisoning of the whole organism. Blisters with yellow purulent content are especially dangerous. Their appearance is a signal of the need to go to the reception. Doctors open the blisters and remove their contents under sterile conditions using further complex therapy.
It should be noted that severe skin lesions can also be learned when visiting a solarium. You can also get burned in cloudy hot weather, since ultraviolet passes through the clouds. That's why it's recommended to wear sunscreen on vacation in all weathers.
