burn leaking
 

hey,
as you may have read ive been burning alot- it blistered but to make thinggs worse i picked them and now got bright pink area where have gone so deep. this is fine however all day the area has been leaking quite heavily, kinda seethrough yellowy fluid coming out of it.

ive had a melolin dressing & bandage round it most of day but is there anything else i need to do?????
the area is not overly red apart from the lack of tissue in some areas, but is imflammed and quite warm locally to the wound

Now that it is cooled it will be best to cover the area in anti-bact. cream. You shouldn't use this on a new burn though as due to the heat of the burn it will make it worse. I'd keep the dressing on it as much as you can; it will help guard against infections which burns are very prone to as well as stopping you from picking at it which will cause more damage and make it more likely to become infected. See through, thin, watery fluid is normal, if it becomes thiccker, the area is painful, it is red, hot or swollen they are signs its becoming infected. Burns sometimes are still warm.

thanks animad,i'll keep an eye on it. at least i have a free supply of specialist dressings that i can get from work :) (they know i do this, not stealing hehe)
gonna go bed soon and hopefully this will be the 1st day that i havent sh'd for a long while-as long as you dont include picking-yay!!!!