An electrical burn is a skin burn that occurs when an electric current comes into contact with the body. When electricity comes into contact with your body, it can pass through your body. Electrical burns can be mild or serious, and can even be fatal. Proper first aid can help limit the serious complications of electrical burns.
1. Causes of electrical burns
Some of the main causes of electrical burns include:
- Contact or house close to high voltage power lines
- Contact with broken power lines, downed power poles
- Answer the phone right next to the high voltage line
- Thunderstruck
2. Symptoms of electric burns
Symptoms of electrical burns depend on how much electricity is in contact with your body and how long the exposure lasts. Electricity can cause different types of skin burns, depending on which layer of skin is affected. Terms doctors use to describe different types of burns are:
- Superficial: A superficial burn affects only the top layer of skin. Red, dry and painful skin. When you press on the burn, it will turn white.
- Partial thickness: Partial thickness burns affect the top 2 layers of the skin. The skin is red and may leak fluid or form blisters.
Full Thickness: A full thickness burn affects all layers of the skin. Burns are usually painless, as the burned skin does not feel anything. The skin can be white, gray or black.
3. How to treat electric burns?
Treatment depends on the type of skin burn you have and its severity. First aid for minor electrical burns may include:
- Cool the burn: You can put a cool cloth on the burn
- Cover the burn with a clean bandage: Your doctor may also recommend or prescribe a cream or ointment to soothe the skin or prevent infection.
- Treat the pain: To ease your pain, you can elevate the burned part of your body. For example, you can prop your foot or foot on a pillow. You can also take an over-the-counter pain reliever, such as acetaminophen.
With severe burns, causing skin ulcers, you can use Multidex - an ulcer healing product that has been widely used for more than 40 years in the US. Multidex is effective quickly on most types of sores and burns on the body. Regardless of location, depth, or status of infection and inflammatory exudate. The Multidex gel membrane creates a tight barrier that covers the ulcer, preventing infection and promoting new tissue regeneration. Provide nutrients, maintain a suitable moist environment, increase the natural healing rate of wounds by 2-3 times. The natural healing process helps to reduce skin darkening and keloid scars.