Skin exposed to boiling water is really hot

@buDian (388)
Indonesia
November 19, 2024 8:01pm CST
That day might be my bad day. While lifting the boiling water for my son's morning bath, my feet slipped with water droplets on the floor. And byuuur...a pot of water poured over my body. Oh my God, from my chest to my thighs it feels so hot I didn't know what to do, I asked my husband to turn on the fan. Once it cools down a bit, immediately change clothes and head to the hospital
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rakski
@rakski (126055)
• Philippines
20 Nov
oh my, I am sorry to know this. You should have gone to the running cold water to reduce swelling
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rakski
@rakski (126055)
• Philippines
20 Nov
@buDian I hope everything is better now with you
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Diani
@buDian (388)
• Indonesia
20 Nov
@rakski Thank you, now I am cured. This incident happened last June, it took me 2 months of bad rest for the healing process
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Diani
@buDian (388)
• Indonesia
20 Nov
Yes sis, it should be doused with cold running water. doctors and medical personnel also say that. But I don't know about that...:(
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Kayla Tsukino
@kaylachan (71762)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Nov
You know the longer you wait the worse the burns will get. You're looking at easily second degree easily from boling water.
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Diani
@buDian (388)
• Indonesia
20 Nov
You're right, I was shocked and needed a little time to calm down and think. According to the doctor, the burns due to hot water were already level 3 and reached 35%
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Kayla Tsukino
@kaylachan (71762)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Nov
@buDian Yeah. When you stop to think about it, a water's boiling point is 100 degrees C or 212°F. So it would have to be at or above those numbers to boil. That's hot.
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Diani
@buDian (388)
• Indonesia
20 Nov
@kaylachan That's right... in the hospital they only give ointment. The next day air bubbles filled with water appeared all over the body when exposed to hot water
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snowy
@snowy22315 (182185)
• United States
20 Nov
That sounds awful..question isn't the water too hot for your son?
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Diani
@buDian (388)
• Indonesia
21 Nov
I plan to put the water in a large bucket and add cold water to make it warm water for bathing the children
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (140118)
• Philippines
20 Nov
Usually, we need to use cold water with ice to prevent scalding of the skin further.
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Diani
@buDian (388)
• Indonesia
20 Nov
Because of our ignorance, my skin was already blistered :O Hopefully it won't happen again in the future :)
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jaishankar
@Shivram59 (36466)
• India
21 Nov
Oh my!! I have read pouring cold water on the affected part of body is the best treatment you can do in this situation.We apply burnol;an ointment;after pouring cold water on that part.
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jaishankar
@Shivram59 (36466)
• India
23 Nov
@buDian I didn't know it;too.When I saw a doctor pouring cold water on the thumb of a compounder that was burned;I learned it.
Diani
@buDian (388)
• Indonesia
23 Nov
You're right, I should have done that. but because of my ignorance at that time, and in a state of shock and panic, I could only think of fanning it with a fan so that the burning sensation on my skin would immediately disappear.
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Greenery8
@grenery8 (11188)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
21 Nov
are you good now? sorry.
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Diani
@buDian (388)
• Indonesia
23 Nov
Thankfully, I am now better and have recovered. Thank you for your attention
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Greenery8
@grenery8 (11188)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
23 Nov
@buDian i once burned my hand with a boiling soup so,i feel you.very glad for you
LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (52079)
• Philippines
20 Nov
It's a learning experience. Last I accidentally touch soldering iron. But pulled out right away, good thing there was no skin burns. I remembering getting poured hot water, terrible.
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Diani
@buDian (388)
• Indonesia
21 Nov
Just as a lesson... wherever and whenever we are, we must always be alert and careful
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (139974)
• Roseburg, Oregon
23 Nov
Going to the hospital is the best thing to do.
Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (50525)
• United States
20 Nov
I pray that it wasn’t a severe burn and that you heal quickly.
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Diani
@buDian (388)
• Indonesia
21 Nov
Thank you for your prayers.... Now I have recovered, even though yesterday I had to lie in bed for 2 months to recover
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (317241)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
22 Nov
I hope you're feeling better now. I'm sorry you got boiling hot water all over you.
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Diani
@buDian (388)
• Indonesia
23 Nov
Thank you for your prayers... Yes sister, it seemed like it just happened when I was preparing bath water for my child
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Thelma
@thelme55 (77165)
• Germany
20 Nov
OMD! How is your skin now?
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Thelma
@thelme55 (77165)
• Germany
22 Nov
@buDian I am glad it’s healed now.
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Diani
@buDian (388)
• Indonesia
21 Nov
The skin affected by the burn has now healed, leaving a little color as a marker
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