Son burnt fingers

[JanetandJohn500]

My son was burning some papers for me. He is usually VERY sensible and has been allowed to burn things before (also sought neighbour approval before you all start going on 😂).
He managed to catch the fire pit with the tips of his fingers and now has blisters forming on the end of his fingers. He has been sitting with them in a bowl of cold water for about an hour. Is there anything else I should do?

How old is he and how big are they? Are they on the joint area?

This is impossible to answer really without much information.

Burns really hurt, especially on the fingers! Irs not having a low pain threshold ffs

The NHS says you should seek medical attention for any burns on the hands that cause blisters.

My son burnt the tips of 2 fingers on the bbq at the weekend. He was so distressed and in pain. We kept it under cold running water then in a jug of water. He eventually took him to minor injuries as he was so upset. The first thing the nurse said was why didn’t you come straight away? The nurse put a dressing on for burns which cools the area. It was only a tiny area on the tops of the fingers but it must have been agony for him. All fine now and can barely see the burn. Definitely get it checked if blistered.

It's the movement of the water that helps take the heat away, it really should be running water. Children's a and e is pretty empty at the moment. Check the NHS webpage and get him seen if it's advised on there. It sounds really painful.

Please don't avoid going to A&E if it's needed.

Dont tell people with children to avoid A&E. Children are presenting incredibly sick and dying of conditions like appendicitis because of this advice. If your child needs to be seen by a Doctor then please go to A&E. You will all be kept well away from anyone who has Covid 19.

A bowl of water is ineffective. It must be cold running water for at least 10mins, repeated several times to take the heat out of it...or it just keeps burning. I'm also not sure why you find it so hilarious to be honest.

Also @waybird I have reported your post. It's bloody dangerous to tell people not to go to A&E.

You should avoid A&E where possible massive Covid risk right now.

This is obviously crap but still... how does one ‘avoid A&E where possible’?? You either need to be there or you don’t

Ffs go to a&e or first aid unit, if not treated correct he could lose touch in end of fingerS I know from first hand. Pls Take him asap if he is already blistering

Incidentally I’ve just had an NHS text urging people to still seek medical advise if they feel their children need it - clearly people really are avoiding A&E and doctor’s surgeries because of bullshit advise as above.

Ouch.

Blisters indicate a second degree burn and on the hands, NHS advice is go to A&E.

www.nhs.uk/conditions/burns-and-scalds/

When I got a painful burn on my hand I put it in a bowl of cool but not ice cold water for the rest of the day. It soothed the pain. The pain had diminished the next day. That was a first degree burn though, no blistering.

a&e

Also, most A&E departments have now split into separate areas for covid-19 and for other issues, to reduce the risk of patients catching it.

Fuck a duck...!! Avoid a&e? Call a vet no go to A&E! Hope he is ok OP!

My son burnt two of his fingers tips on the fire pit a couple of years ago, NHS advice is for them to go to A&E, they dressed my sons fingers in a dressing to cool it, and he needed a check up the fooling week.

He needs checking out, any advice to avoid A&E is piss poor at best!

Thank you all. Of course he has my full sympathy 🙄
We did do 10 minutes of running water and then he found it comfortable to bathe in water too. I looked at the NHS page linked further up and then I did 111 online and it suggested A&E too. I never thought that fingertip Burns would need A&E- how many times have you burnt your fingers when cooking!
We're here now. It's not busy so hopefully the wait won't be too long.

How old is he? 35 year old man or a child. If a child then what on earth were you thinking? I wouldn't leave it to chance, go to A and E.

I agree it needs checking at a&e. But in the meantime KEEP IT IN COLD WATER. 20 mins might be the advice but when I had a serious-ish burn on my hand I essentially avoided the vast bulk of the pain by keeping it cool for much, much longer than that. I kept it in water with a bag of frozen peas while I waited at a&e, for several hours, until the nurse dressed it. Then I had a small argument with her about whether I could then put the (dressed and in a plastic bag, so waterproof) hand back in cold water. She said 'you can't sleep with it in a bowl of water can you, you'll just have to go through the pain barrier'. Well I could, and I did! By then morning the pain was pretty much gone. It still needed two further dressings back at the hospital, so it was not a minor burn, but all things considered it healed surprisingly quickly and painlessly. I credit the water . Good luck!

(doesn't apply if he isn't in huge pain obviously. I was in agony if I took my hand out of the cold water for more than 30 seconds!)

This is what I do at home for burns and scalds, it works for me.

The force of running water can break the skin.

Put in a bowl of cold water, change the water when needed.
if there's still a burning sensation after his fingers come out of the water, put them back in until the air on them causes no pain.

If the burned area isn't able to be put in a bowl of water, I put wet kitchen roll on it and wrap it in cling-film. Change the kitchen roll and cling-film if the area starts to feel as though it's burning.

Both the above can take quite some time, a couple of hours sometimes, before the area doesn't feel as though it's burning when it's in the open air. Persevere.

Avoid taking your injured child to A&E instead speak to a vet or someone on Facebook is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen on here. Fucking hell

Blanktimes you and I seem to have the same burn know-how . I always wonder why it isn't more widely given advice, it's so amazingly effective against burn pain, and there are no obvious downsides to it.