burns

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make a mix of 2oz of honey, 1/2 oz of aloe vera jel 1 oz of connut oil

and 40d of lavender

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>ladylaroda

>

>make a mix of 2oz of honey, 1/2 oz of aloe vera jel 1 oz of connut oil

>and 40d of lavender

 

Please don't use honey on burns, nor any oil products with the exception of

lavender or tea tree applied neat. Sterile gel of various descriptions is

usually acceptable.

 

The principle behind treating burns is to cool the burned area immediately

with cold water. Ideally the area should be cooled until the pain subsides.

Any burn which is severe - even if it small - should be referred to a doctor

for treatment for the prevention of infection. " Large " burns - bigger than

the size of an average face of a man's watch - where blistering has taken

place should also be referred to medical aid. Complications from burns are

usually because of shock, infection and dehydration. Honey is a medium

which actually promotes the growth of bacteria causing the infection. Oil

applied immediately prevents the cooling, and later prevents the proper

breathing of the burn which can lead to localised dehydration. Your doctor

may prescribe an iodine based preparation for application and sometimes a

cooling antiseptic gel.

 

I cannot emphasise sufficiently the importance of refraining from putting

" goo " onto burns, both as first aid and then later as treatment. Please

check this out with your local branch of the organisations which teach first

aid, such as Red Cross, St. John Ambulance etc.

 

Moira de Swardt

Using all God's resources.

[Guest guest]

I'd like to second Moira's concern about the honey used on burns -- although

I haven't heard much about what it could actually do for the burn, the

first

treatment needed is to cool the burn. I'm a first responder in our rural

community (trained to help out in an emergency/medical situation until

the paramedics arrive) and we were taught to cool a burn with cold water.

(two examples: a friend's child grabbed a hot exhaust pipe on the riding

mower; the doctor told her the best thing she could have done at the time

was

exactly what she did do -- let the child 'play' with ice cubes in a bowl of

cold

water for a while before attempting anything else. The other example: my

son was

helping to stoke a campfire built inside a large metal tire rim. He leaned

on

the hot rim with both his bare knees, and had matching 50-cent piece size

burns. I sat him down and proceeded to trickle ice water over his knees for

the

next half hour or so. He really didn't feel any pain until we headed out

for the

emergency room an hour away, when the ice in the plastic bag melted and the

trickling water turned warm...but I was amazed at all the advice we got on

how

to treat the burn. ( The doctor gave sulfadine ointment for him, which

almost

immediately soothed the small burns, and protected against infection.)

I later heard about a guy who applied some butter or ointment or something

to his badly burned arm before heading for the emergency room, and he was

told " either you scrape that stuff off of there, or I will, but it has to be

done

before any other treatment can be given... "

Another precaution, though -- I responded to a boiling water burn once,

where a young

man had spilled a pail over his groin area while camping. His buddies

already

were treating the burn with cold water, but once we were there and radioing

the paramedics for further advice, they warned us to not keep pouring the

cold

water over him because he was starting to show signs of hypothermia with his

shivering, etc.

Nancy M

 

 

> Please don't use honey on burns, nor any oil products with the exception

of

> lavender or tea tree applied neat. Sterile gel of various descriptions

is

> usually acceptable.

> Moira de Swardt