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New Delhi, November 05, 2018 :
- Wear cotton clothes before starting fireworks.
- Keep a bucket of water handy before you start the fireworks. It should be at an easily accessible place, so that if any burns happen you can dip the part in water
- If you sustain any burns, immediately dip your affected part in water or hold it under cold running water. Doing so will minimize the injury
- If the area burnt develops blisters, don’t rupture or peel the blister – the blister acts as a natural dressing for underlying raw area
- Apply plain antibiotic ointment on the burn area. Avoid applying mud, toothpaste, lime etc as it can act as focus of infection
- Visit your nearest doctor if burn sustained is large
- If you are diabetic or a patient with chronic kidney disease and you have sustained burns, visit a doctor immediately to prevent infection
Authored by – Dr Sushmita Dhavan, Dermatologist and Aesthetic surgeon, Aster CMI hospital, Bangalore
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