How to cure a burn from the sun?

Every year more and more people suffer from sunburn, despite the huge selection of effective sunscreen. This is due to aggressive ultraviolet radiation, which is increasing every year. Sometimes it is enough to spend a few minutes in the sun to get a sun burn. A person simply does not notice that his skin is scorched, because the symptoms manifest themselves after a few hours.

ABOUT The sun from the sun: symptoms

If you were so careless in sunny weather that this became a problem, then you will find:

• Redness of the skin;
• Painful sensations when in contact with clothing;
• Dryness and tightness of the skin;
• Edema, blisters;
• Burning sensation;
• Elevated body temperature;
• Soreness of the skin;
• Sometimes dizziness, weakness, headache.

Sunburn is especially dangerous for people with sensitive and light skin. For the skin of this type is characterized by rapid burning, which can occur even on the lips, on the head and ear lobes. After assessing the extent of the lesion, it is necessary to take measures and decide what to do if the sun is burned . Some of the tips presented below will help to cope with this problem without visiting a doctor.

7 simple recommendations on how to treat burned areas

1. Use a special cream against thermal burns (sold in any pharmacy), it will soften the skin and ease the pain.
2. Apply cool compresses to the affected areas.
3. Do not smear fatty creams, oils and sour cream. Fat creates a film on the surface that prevents access to air, as a result of the heat increases, the pain does not disappear anywhere.
4. Since sunburn causes itching and swelling, take an antihistamine.
5. 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.
6. Aloe juice applied to the diseased area will relieve the pain and help remove redness.
7. At the cure stage, do not overdry the skin, do not use alcohol lotions, take care of regular moisturizing.

When is the doctor needed?

To help the doctor should be contacted, if you received an extensive burn from the sun, how to treat it, do not know. If there is a headache, fever, chills along with the burn, watery blisters have formed, you should immediately seek help from a doctor. It is likely that you will be offered observation in the hospital, you should not abandon such a measure. Remember that the contents of the blisters are a concentrated pathogenic medium, which, if ingested, can provoke the poisoning of the whole organism. Especially dangerous are the bubbles with yellow purulent content. Their appearance is a signal about the need to go to the reception. Doctors open blisters and remove their contents in sterile conditions with the use of further complex therapy.

It should be noted that severe skin lesions can be taught and when visiting the solarium. Also, it is possible to burn in cloudy hot weather, because ultraviolet passes through clouds. That's why it is recommended to use sunscreen on vacation in any weather.