Skin exposed to boiling water is really hot / myLot

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 (149377)

• Philippines

20 Nov 24

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 (149377)

• Philippines

20 Nov 24

@buDian I hope everything is better now with you

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Diani

@buDian (381)

• Indonesia

20 Nov 24

@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 (381)

• Indonesia

20 Nov 24

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 (81466)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

20 Nov 24

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 (381)

• Indonesia

20 Nov 24

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 (81466)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

20 Nov 24

@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 (381)

• Indonesia

20 Nov 24

@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 (200734)

• United States

20 Nov 24

That sounds awful..question isn't the water too hot for your son?

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Diani

@buDian (381)

• Indonesia

21 Nov 24

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 (140976)

• Philippines

20 Nov 24

Usually, we need to use cold water with ice to prevent scalding of the skin further.

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Diani

@buDian (381)

• Indonesia

20 Nov 24

Because of our ignorance, my skin was already blistered :O Hopefully it won't happen again in the future :)

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Thelma

@thelme55 (77616)

• Germany

20 Nov 24

OMD! How is your skin now?

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Thelma

@thelme55 (77616)

• Germany

22 Nov 24

@buDian I am glad it’s healed now.

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Diani

@buDian (381)

• Indonesia

21 Nov 24

The skin affected by the burn has now healed, leaving a little color as a marker

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jaishankar

@Shivram59 (46345)

• India

21 Nov 24

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 (46345)

• India

23 Nov 24

@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 (381)

• Indonesia

23 Nov 24

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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LK2018

@Letranknight2015 (52550)

• Philippines

20 Nov 24

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 (381)

• Indonesia

21 Nov 24

Just as a lesson... wherever and whenever we are, we must always be alert and careful