You may have felt your foot or calf accidentally hit by a hot exhaust.
When you experience such an incident, you may also immediately think of applying toothpaste or toothpaste paste to the burned area.
In fact, applying toothpaste to the burned area is not recommended by doctors.
"Do not give toothpaste, because it will cause infection," explained Dr. Tirta Mandira Hudhi, quoted from his personal Youtube channel Tirta PengPengPeng.
Furthermore, in a journal entitled First Aid for Children's Burns in the US and UK by C Verity Bennet et al. states that Dodol is not recommended for reducing the effects of skin burns.
Because the use of toothpaste can increase the risk of burns becoming more painful.
In fact, this can risk causing several other problems with the burn, such as infection, systemic disease or even leaving a visible scar.
To avoid this risk, the man who is familiarly called Dr. Tirta recommends that burns caused by exhaust be drained with clean water first.
This step is done on the grounds that the burned skin is dehydrated, as the water evaporates due to the heat.
"Then the part of the skin that suffers from burns needs additional fluid, by drenching the wound with clean water," he explained.
Then remove any traces of clothing, plastic or anything else stuck to the burned skin.
Afterward, the burned area can be treated with a special burn ointment to prevent infection.
"Then the burned person is taken to the nearest emergency room for further treatment and the wound is bandaged to prevent infection," continued Dr. Tirta.
Furthermore, Dr. Tirta also reminded us not to flush burns with cold water or even compressed with ice.
If this happens, the skin that suffers from burns will blister.
If it is blistering and the burn is oozing water, it is recommended to see a doctor immediately for further treatment.
"Leave it alone and then go to the doctor so that later the fluid from the blistering burn can be sucked out using an injection or injection," he concluded.
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