NHS Direct advice

[BrilloPad]

I just touched some very hot ceramic, and have a burn about a 1/4 inch long, 1/2 inch wide, on the fleshy part of the first joint of my index finger. ( So it doesn't stop me typing!).

I did the usual of putting it under running cold water for 15 mins, and there's a nice blister forming.

I thought I'd check on NHS-Direct to see if there's any new advice - when I used their self help guide and answered yes to this question

"Is the skin that has been burnt or scalded:

* white or waxy, or
* hanging off in patches?"

The advice is:

"Seek emergency help immediately - ring 999 and ask for an ambulance"

For a tiny second degree burn on a finger?

We have a cold compress in the freezer - it is in the shape of a cat and pink. Shall I send it round?

[NotAllThere]

Ah - some good advice at last.

[Diver]

That's not really a treatment, though, is it? That's just to take your mind off the pain.

[RichardCranium]

Pussy

That's not really a treatment, though, is it? That's just to take your mind off the pain.

[Diver]

Pussy

[Charles Foster Kane]

I just touched some very hot ceramic, and have a burn about a 1/4 inch long, 1/2 inch wide, on the fleshy part of the first joint of my index finger. ( So it doesn't stop me typing!).

I did the usual of putting it under running cold water for 15 mins, and there's a nice blister forming.

I thought I'd check on NHS-Direct to see if there's any new advice - when I used their self help guide and answered yes to this question

"Is the skin that has been burnt or scalded:

* white or waxy, or
* hanging off in patches?"

The advice is:

"Seek emergency help immediately - ring 999 and ask for an ambulance"

For a tiny second degree burn on a finger?

Haven't I told you before not to put plant pots in the oven?

[NotAllThere]

...
I'm not sure if they can do anything for the nerve damage...

No problem there. Since having two slipped disks in my neck (followed by a double discectomy), I've not felt much in those fingers for years.

[Moscow Mule]

I just touched some very hot ceramic, and have a burn about a 1/4 inch long, 1/2 inch wide, on the fleshy part of the first joint of my index finger. ( So it doesn't stop me typing!).

I did the usual of putting it under running cold water for 15 mins, and there's a nice blister forming.

I thought I'd check on NHS-Direct to see if there's any new advice - when I used their self help guide and answered yes to this question

"Is the skin that has been burnt or scalded:

* white or waxy, or
* hanging off in patches?"

The advice is:

"Seek emergency help immediately - ring 999 and ask for an ambulance"

For a tiny second degree burn on a finger?

I'd imagine it's due to the high risk of infection.

I'm not sure if they can do anything for the nerve damage but you're due some flamizan (if that's what they still use) and a dressed finger for the next month or so.

[TykeMerc]

Well in their defence in this litigious environment if they advise putting an elastoplast on it and it gets infected and drops off they're right in the cacky.

Burns do send people into shock if severe or large enough so by default they probably don't suggest making your own way to A&E.

On a serious note burns can be right buggers for infections, unless it's pretty trivial it's best to get them looked at as infected burns take an age to heal properly.

[NotAllThere]

I just touched some very hot ceramic, and have a burn about a 1/4 inch long, 1/2 inch wide, on the fleshy part of the first joint of my index finger. ( So it doesn't stop me typing!).

I did the usual of putting it under running cold water for 15 mins, and there's a nice blister forming.

I thought I'd check on NHS-Direct to see if there's any new advice - when I used their self help guide and answered yes to this question

"Is the skin that has been burnt or scalded:

* white or waxy, or
* hanging off in patches?"

The advice is:

"Seek emergency help immediately - ring 999 and ask for an ambulance"

For a tiny second degree burn on a finger?