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Burn turned black - is this good or bad?

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lisalisa · 06/11/2005 23:02

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soapbox · 06/11/2005 23:14

Sounds a bit nasty to me - my experience of minor burns is that they have blistered and gone a bit waxy and then cleared to pink new skin.

Never had black!

Why don't you take her to the docs tomorrow, just to be on the safe side??

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kama · 06/11/2005 23:15

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Blu · 06/11/2005 23:16

lisalisa - doesn't sound good. i would ring NHS direct, and then if they say it's ok to wait, tak her to the dr tomorrow.

The First ASid course I went on made me a lot less calm about burns. if it is even a slight burn bigger than a 10p piece, or a deep burn of any size, you should go to the hospiatl.

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essbee · 06/11/2005 23:20

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kama · 06/11/2005 23:35

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serenity · 07/11/2005 00:12

DH did something similar quite a few years ago. I passed him a mug of coffee, but let go before he had a proper grip on it. It burnt the top of his foot, and although we soaked it straight away, it eventually turned black and crusty and took a long time to be 'comfortable'. We had major arguements at the time as I was worried about infection, but he refused to go to see the GP. It took about 4 or 5 years before the scar faded, so I think it must have been a pretty severe burn. My advice would be to get it checked by the GP just to be on the safe side. I think burns can get infected quite easily.

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LilMissy · 07/11/2005 20:35

I'm a Nurse student and learning about Pressure Sores. Now I know a burn isn't a pressure sore but with pressure sores black skin = dead skin= bad so I'd take your DD in to have it checked as we're being taught black is bad.

Carla

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lisalisa · 07/11/2005 21:13

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LilMissy · 07/11/2005 21:32

I didn't want to worry you

Just wanted you to get it checked out to be on the safe side

Sorry

Carla

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LilMissy · 09/11/2005 23:36

Bump for news?

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gingernut · 09/11/2005 23:44

LilMissy, lisalisa was booked in for a c/s this week so I guess she may not be on here again for a while.

lisalisa- hope all was OK with the burn and that the section goes well too.