Wound Care Question - re flamazine question, i think i have a bit of a probem!*urgent*

shellz1986 · 27-04-2008, 05:41 PM

So yeah heres the thing. Earlier as many of you may have read i though that i was having a reaction to some flamazone cream which i had been given for burns. Turns out i think it might be something else as i had flamazine put on a few burns but only two of them are sore and have a burning feeling. One of the burns on my leg is red and puffy round the edges and is leaking yellow gunk, but the strange thing is the wound isnt actually sore and never has been since it was done, but the surrounding skin is painful as is the muscle underneath when i walk (the burn is near my knee).

I really dont know what to do about it, so any advice would be great!

Thankyou

Shelley

l'il esky · 27-04-2008, 06:14 PM

burns arent always painful depends on thickness/degree of burn. did you phone nurse earlier?? poss slight infection or if leaking could be that a blister has broken (dont know what the burn is like) and the reason the cream is burning is cos its on the open wound bit????
do you usually change your dressings? and do you have any other dressings you ould use. i would suggest cleaning the area with salt water, which will clean and also neutralise the cream-(stop it working) and then reapplying a sterile dressing and let the nurse know asap. also you may wanna go to walk in clinic/ phone nhs direct??
x

shellz1986 · 27-04-2008, 06:22 PM

Yeah it was a full thickness burn so i am aware that that is why it doesnt hurt. I am just worried because the muscle underneath is painful, which it wasnt when i did it. no im not allowed to change my own dressings usually as i interfere with wounds.

i have tried to call the nurse but cant get hold of her will try NHS in a bit.

Thanks for the advice

Shelley

Animad · 27-04-2008, 07:40 PM

"Yellow gunk" sounds like it could be pus which is a sign of infection along with the redness, and pain. If the underlying muscle is also painful this needs to be seen by a doctor especially as you can't change the dressings as you are not taking away any of the bacteria so they'll just be building up, making the infection worse.

shellz1986 · 27-04-2008, 07:47 PM

ok thanks for the advice x

shellz1986 · 28-04-2008, 05:12 PM

I went to the drs today and i have been prescribed two types of antibiotics as it is quite a bad infection.

Thanks for all of your advice!

Shelley

Animad · 28-04-2008, 10:41 PM

Glad you went to the doctors. Hope it starts to feel better soon. If it doesn't go back to the doctor.