Bad burn

[deadman11699]

I was helping a buddy out in detroit mi and I was not welding with much safty stuff because I thought he had more there then he did. So I was welding with no gloves not hat just a helmit. And he was welding next to me and I put my hand on a red hot electrode. It left a nasty (What looked like third degree burn). Now it is still pretty nasty but I was told to go to the doctors because of all of the stuff that is in the electrodes. I have full medical and every thing but I don't want to go if its just a burn. As of right now Im not going to go but does any one here have any reason that I sould go. Thanks

[weldrwomn]

I wouldn't go unless it starts to get infected or it doesn't appear to be healing after a reasonable period of time....

[deadman11699]

Ok thanks for the reply and since it is healing decent so far I'm not going to go.

[zapster]

Go to your local pharmacy and get some "Silvadine Cream"..

Yrs ago mrs zap tripped and fell arm first into a raging bonfire and that was the best thing for 3'Rd degree burns we've seen yet...
She's fine now but she had to go to the hospital every morning for a month for burn "removal" therapy..

IT SUCKED!!

...zap!

[MicroZone]

Ouchie! Did that leave any scaring?

[enlpck]

Are you sure the burn is third degree? See: http://health.allrefer.com/health/burns-info.html for (brief) descriptions of the burn types.

See also: http://www.hmc.psu.edu/healthinfo/b/burns3.htm for what to do about third degree.

To cut it short: third degree: see a doctor. Fast.

First degree: pain, redness, doesn't sffect the deeper layers
second: deeper layer of skin affected, swelling, blistering
third: gets to all layers of skin, and tissues underneath. May have numbing, charring, white or blackened skin

Third degree means that the skin is dead. Nerves generally as well. The burn that doesn't swell or turn red, and loses feeling in the burned area, is third degree. But, you may not lose feeling.

If you think it MIGHT be third degree, see a doctor.

That said, I'v ignored several (small) third degree burns and healed fine, but I wouldn't reccommend it.

[12,000 Doors]

Go directly to your local liquer store and get a twelve pack. Don't get a six, they're for second degree burns. AKYHOL CURES EVERYTHING!

[zapster]

I said third degree because she basically fell into the fire..
came into the house..
I grabbed her by the arm..Not knowing what happend..

And all that burnt flesh came off in my hand..ALOT of it..
911 and then an ambulance ride...

And the doctors stated that all that flesh coming off that fast was the best thing that could have happend..
to this day you really have to look to see any scaring..
and this was from the elbow to the pinkey fingrer...

Been there Dealt with that..

...zap!

[enlpck]

Sorry not clear: I was asking deadman about the burn.

I never had to deal with a large area third degree. I don't want to. I saw enough pictures years ago when I worked in a lab across the street from the Dana Farber center.

[lorenzo]

I have tons on burn scars on my arms. Yes I wear my gear, but as I'm sure everyone knows.... if there is a place to get burned the sparks are going to find it. Anyway.... once I ended up in the hospital for 1 week and home on my couch with an IV for another 2 weeks, due to a staff infection brought on by a burn I sustained on the top of my foot. So as much as I don't worry about burns or seek medical treatment for them, I do take care of them.

[bruceb]

If you have full medical, why not just go in just in case?

I once got scladed up and down my arm by a radiator cap exploding. My doctor scolded me for waiting more than 24 hours.

[littlefuzz]

Grabbing a hot welding rod hurts like hell, I done it years ago and it burned a nice 3/16" dia. hole between my fingers. I think I even made up a few words.

[TIGBOY]

I Was Using A Cutting Torch And A Nice Size Ball Of Hot Steel Found Its Way To My Foot.when A Hot Chunk-o-hot-steel Is Melting Its Way Into Your Foot U Can Never Seem To Get The Shoe Off Fast Enuf.

[zapster]

"It's not a matter of getting burned while playing with semi molten metal..
It'a a matter of where and how bad"





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[littlefuzz]

Originally Posted by TIGBOY

I Was Using A Cutting Torch And A Nice Size Ball Of Hot Steel Found Its Way To My Foot.when A Hot Chunk-o-hot-steel Is Melting Its Way Into Your Foot U Can Never Seem To Get The Shoe Off Fast Enuf.

That's why I wear slip-on's

[Burgweld]

Originally Posted by zapster

"It's not a matter of getting burned while playing with semi molten metal..
It'a a matter of where and how bad"





...zap!

How true. A few years back I was running a spotwelder while sitting on a chair doing seatbelt anchors for F150 rocker panels (lotsa sparks). Well, I decided that wearing one of those heavy duty aprons was for women and not me. Needless to say some red hot coals rolled around my lap and burnt through my jeans in a very bad spot. Talk about doing an Indian dance and running quickly for the bathroom! Yeowch!!!

[deadman11699]

Yea from every thing that ive seen and heard it is third degree. My sister's boyfrend is a doctor in training so It was my first third degree burn and his to treat. Its healing decent but looks like its going to leave a heck of a scar. But its right before the knuckles on the palm side of my hand so it won't be seen. I'm not old enough to drink (But I do anyway). So I might have to stay with a six pack or what ever my sister will buy me.

[lotechman]

Third degree burns actually are not that bad in the pain department. You kill most of the nerves in the process. The real pain I felt was when they did a skin graft. They put me under then peeled off a section on the top of my thigh. It felt like the devil himself had given me a sunburn on my leg. That salvaged skin was then used to graft over my burn.
The graft was the greatest motivation I ever had for not getting another bad burn.
They locked me in the hospital for six weeks. It was like being in jail. Risk of infection was the big concern.