Burns are almost always the result of unintentional injuries. Regardless of the causes, burns must be properly cared for, otherwise they can become super infected or affect other organs.
Dermatologist and plastic surgery specialist Roxana Lungoci, from Digital Clinics, has some useful information and advice in this regard that we should keep in mind whenever we have such medical problems.
If you are experiencing sunburn or have questions about changes in the shape of moles, do not hesitate to request an appointment for an online consultation to receive expert guidance and help.
Prolonged exposure to the sun causes 1st degree burns or, more rarely, 2nd degree burns. "Although sunburns are generally classified as first degree, I also had a patient with second degree sunburn extending over 90% of the body surface. It seems unbelievable, but the person forgot that she was on the beach and sat in the sun all day. We had to hospitalise her, although, normally, sunburns do not require hospitalisation!", says plastic surgery specialist Roxana Lungoci.
The symptoms of sunburn depend on their severity. Sunburns are generally manifested by reddening of the skin, pain or tenderness, blistering, fatigue, fever, headache, nausea.
Sunburns that generally cover 30% of the total skin surface do not require medical attention. It is enough if we apply Oximed or Bepanten. However, sunburns of more than 60% are recommended for hospitalisation for three days. What does over 60% mean? Dr. Roxana Lungoci explains to us: "It means the skin on the chest previously affected in proportion 18%, posterior 18%, anterior and posterior thighs 18%. If the areas are red and itchy, the patient may develop a fever and become dehydrated."
See a doctor if you have symptoms of fever, dizziness, chills or vomiting that last more than a few hours.
The market is saturated with SPF creams r to protect against burns caused by exposure to the sun and also against the possibility of later developing skin cancer due to exposure to ultraviolet radiation.
• do not stay at the beach between 11.00 and 15.00. During this time the solar radiation is extremely harmful, it is the equivalent of several x-rays, regardless of whether we apply SPF cream or not;
• creams with less then SPF 30 are useless from, do not protect the skin at all;
• people with sensitive skin, with a lot of moles, or with cases of skin cancer in the family must definitely use creams with SPF over 50.
• apply the creams all over the body, then we wait 7-10 minutes for it to penetrate the skin, and the go in the water. "Otherwise, we used that cream for nothing, if we don't give it time to act", warns doctor Roxana Lungoci. Water washes off the freshly applied cream.
• Sun oil do not filter solar radiation and do not protect the skin from it; it only helps us to tan beautifully.
• The fact that we spend more time in the water than at the beach does not protect the skin from sun radiation; in this case the water acts as a magnifying glass and intensifies the solar radiation.
• Sitting on the beach under an umbrella is not a way to protect ourselves from solar radiation. "After 11:00, normally, the beaches should be deserted," says doctor Lungoci. "Unfortunately, this does not happen. Then people wonder why, after the age of 30-40, they get all kinds of moles and even skin cancer, although they say that they don't spend so much time in the sun, on the beach.”, explains the doctor Roxana Lungoci.
If you have suffered sunburn and want guidance and help from a specialist in dermatology, you can schedule an online consultation without having to go to a doctor's office.
