How to prevent burns in children

Burns are a very common phenomenon in life. Some adults find it difficult to bear the pain after being burned, let alone children. Children’s skin is very delicate compared to adults’ skin, and they can easily get burned if they are not careful. Therefore, parents need to be extra careful when taking care of their babies. So how to prevent children from getting burned in life? Here are some ways to prevent burns in children.

How to prevent burns in children

1. When using a hot water bottle to keep your baby warm in winter, remember to wrap the hot water bottle with a towel and make sure the lid of the hot water bottle is tightened;

2. When bathing your baby, add cold water first and then hot water, and keep the water temperature no higher than 40℃;

3. Fences must be set up around heaters and stoves to prevent children from entering;

4. Lock the kitchen door and don’t let your baby enter the kitchen easily;

5. Remove dangerous items that may cause burns or take protective measures, such as not placing hot water bottles on the table and placing electrical appliances such as irons out of children's reach;

6. Always remind your children to protect themselves from burns. For example, tell them not to touch heaters, hot bowls, stoves, etc.

Diet and health care after burns

1. In the early stage of burns, the diet is mostly liquid diet. After 1 week, the liquid diet can be changed to semi-liquid diet, such as minced meat porridge, fish and rice porridge, steamed eggs, noodles, etc.

2. If you recover well after a burn, you should keep a combination of meat and vegetables at every meal to ensure that most of the nutrients needed by the human body are supplemented;

3. You can add easily absorbed high-quality proteins such as milk, soy milk, eggs, lotus root powder, etc. between meals and before going to bed;

4. Fruits can be eaten before and after meals to stimulate appetite, help digestion, and supplement multiple vitamins;

5. Eat light and easily digestible food, and eat less spicy and irritating food, such as chili, ginger, garlic, etc.

How to deal with burns

1. Whether it is a scald caused by boiling water or steam, you should first lower the temperature of the scalded skin and rinse the wound with tap water to reduce further damage to the scalded area and also reduce pain;

2. When the burn is covered with clothing, do not rush to take it off, so as not to tear the blisters after the burn. You can first rinse with water to cool down, and then carefully remove the clothing;

3. If there are blisters on the burn, you can puncture them with a sterilized needle to avoid infection and ulcer formation;

4. If the burn is not very serious, apply some burn ointment on the burn and then bandage it with clean gauze;

5. Protect the wound, avoid direct sunlight, and do not let the wound come into contact with water after bandaging;

6. When the burn is too severe, you should be sent to the hospital for treatment immediately and do not apply any medicine on the wound.