To be worried about DD’s finger?

[BlisterConcern]

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She’s 14. A few days ago she warmed milk up for a hot chocolate in the microwave and it had a metal handle. She grabbed it by the handle not realising metal conducts heat and was in agony for half an hour. For some reason the worst of the burn was on the outer part of the finger.

The blister burst and peeled off that night. It doesn’t seem to be healing. This is it as of now. It looks to me like it’s going gangrenous? I’m quite worried. Any thoughts?

Also please ignore the grim background. We’re having the house done up. It’s the only pic I have of the blister that DD sent me before to ask my opinion.

Get it checked by a pharmacist or call 111. Keep it clean and dry.

(Speak urgently about safety when heating things in the microwave!)

looks okay to me (random lady off the internet). Keep it dry and covered to protect it, it is early days and it will need time to heal.

Can't see the picture, I'm afraid, but agree with getting it checked out. I would call 111.

I'm a little surprised at 14 that she wouldn't be aware that metal should never be used in the microwave? Could have been much worse than a burnt finger!

Did the metal not spark in the microwave? Sorry missing the point there. Looks like it's scabbing over and healing (I'm also just a random off the Internet with no medical knowledge)

Looks like normal burn healing to me. Keep it clean and dry. You can buy burn plasters in Boots and elsewhere if needed.
Educate her about microwave use before she burns your house down!

Just keep in covered and keep an eye on it, if it's drying out it should scab over soon. I would be worried if it was red/ angry looking and weeping or smelly. You could always try the chemist if you're worried as well they might be able to suggest a dressing.

I put something covered in foil in the microwave in work and burnt a hole in the door, I was in my 20's lol

It doesn't look gangrenous to me , keep an eye on it for any weeping or new redness though.

It looks like a normal burn healing to me but get a pharmacist to check..... My ds had a burn that went manky years ago. It looked a lot worse than that, thankfully antibiotics worked and he didnt need an op to cut out the goo.

Tbf it does look a bit worse in real life. In Tesco before the cashier kept glancing at it. Poor lad tried to hide that he’d been looking but it had clearly caught his eyes.

It’s green with black dots in.

She also mentioned it didn’t sting when I put antiseptic wipes on it before which I find odd.

Please don't give your daughter your health anxiety.

I don’t have health anxiety. It just genuinely looks odd to me.

It shows up more in real life. It’s cratered within the skin.

Maybe because it’s a microwave burn. I’m not sure.

I think you need to show the photo to you GP. Always worth getting professional advice.

I think it looks like a standard burn... maybe go to pharmacy for reassurance and get a dressing to stop infection etc. But looks like it's healing well from that pic.

I agree it looks horrible if you’re unfamiliar with burns but that’s completely normal. The green tinge is nothing to worry about yet, that’s just pus drainage. It does denote a minor, superficial infection but if she’s feeling otherwise fine that can be cured at home very easily.

First of all with proper care it will scab over/start to dry up in a few days. In the meantime keep it uncovered and clean with plain, cold water a couple of times a day. If she can stand it soak the finger once or twice a day in salt water too. Boil a litre of water and dissolve four teaspoons of table salt in it. Once it’s cooled either soak the finger in it or soak sterile gauze in the water and apply to the burn. Whichever method you choose she wants to do that for about 15mins once or twice a day for about two or three days. The salt treatment will dry it out and make it look drier and “scabbier” rather than wet and puss-shiny.

Once it scabs over/ looks drier in those two or three days and no longer has that greenish tinge it’s worth getting a pack of Hydrogel Burn Plasters like these ones for the daytime. It will promote healing and keep it covered so she doesn’t knock it and agitate it as it’s on such a prominent place. At night take the plaster off and use just some normal Savlon or Sudacreme on it (other brands are available!) or a gel like this one Savlon one. It will help with healing and keeping it from getting infected.

You should see your GP if the wound becomes smelly or very/more painful or she develops a fever (over 38 degrees). You should also see the GP if it’s showing no sign of drying up or healing after 14 days from when she did it.

I’m not medically trained but my husband sustained a nasty third degree burn last year and had to go to A&E with it. The doctor explained burns generally to us and gave us some really useful fact sheets (where most of that info above came from!) then later in the year I gave myself a nasty burn in a similar spot to your daughters with a hot glue gun. I followed the advice above (with a similarly green-tinged wound) and it healed very well with minimal scarring there now.

Good luck to your daughter, I hope it feels better soon.

I’ve just seen @BlisterConcern that you added about the “crater” look of it. That’s totally normal with thermal burns (from hot water and things like hot cups) and just denotes the thickness of it (i.e. how many layers of skin it’s gone through). Nothing to worry about if there’s no other signs of concern. That’s directly from the NHS fact sheet

OP, in the kindest way you’re worried she has gangrene and people are staring. That does seem a little bit like health anxiety…

I once scalded my whole hand trying to fill a hot water bottle. After running it under the cold water my husband wrapped it in cling film, by morning all my fingers had blisters on them but by a week later they looked exactly like your dd's, the nurse at my doctor's gave me some burn dressings to put on them & within a fortnight they had healed up. You can buy burns dressings from the pharmacy.

Trained in wound management.

From the photo it doesn't look too concerning however the best thing to do would be to visit a pharmacist in the first instance.

Although it doesn't appear to look infected if the patient has any signs of fever or chills then this would be a concern and you should call 111 more urgently.

If it was gangrene you would know, trust me!

Does it smell ok? It looks pretty standard for a burn, and they do look awful.

My youngest burned herself by spilling a microwave meal down herself and caused large, partial thickness burns to her thighs and calf. It looked very bad during dressing changes, but we were instructed to keep it covered for a few weeks. It also had green discharge, but that was a normal part of the healing process.

It doesn't look too bad. I'd also be educating your daughter that anything with metal should never be put in a microwave... you're very lucky the microwave didn't explode.

I had massive burns all over my foot a few years ago - needed weekly hospital visits for weeks. It looks normal to me.

Clicked on photo expecting to see something grim.

Erm. Normal burn. Pretty small. Nothing to see. Move along everyone.

What about it makes you think it's more sinister? Have you not had burns yourself before?