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hullo /fit/
so i have a heath/first aid question for yous guys..... i ran outside yesterday across some very hot asphalt and could tell instantly that i burnt my feet. i soaked them in cold water when i got back inside and it still seemed tender all night. after looking very closely last night i realized that i have quarter sized to pencil eraser size blisters all over the soles of my feet/toes. my question is, what can i put on them to prevent popping and make not hurt so much. i got those blister pads that band-aid makes but i was wondering what else i could use. (pic kinda-related)
>> Anonymous
Start wearing shoes, naturefag.
>> Anonymous
>>287420
my dhl guy called from my front gate and said he had my new laptop.... fuck shoes i wanted my damn computer!
>> Anonymous
idiot

pop it with a pin
>> Anonymous
>>287427
won't that get it more infected?
>> Anonymous
>>287428
nah i've done it loads of times

just keep it clean, is all. i guess a normal band-aid is ok
>> Anonymous
>>287432
i have band aids on them now, but since it's on the bottom of my feet they don't really stay on, except if i wrap my foot in medical tape... my feet look like a mummy
>> Anonymous
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i had these on last night, but they didn't stick all that well
>> Miss Suzumiya !iwLx9zr4mc
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They're just simple water blisters. Heat a sewing needle with a cigarette lighter or something and jab each one, then dab up the water with a paper towel or something. To be on the safe side, rub an antibiotic (Neosporin or whatever you have available) on each blister and bandage it. While the risk for infection is almost nil, it's still there even with a simple little blister. As someone who is going to work in the medical profession, I can't honestly tell you to ignore the risk of an infection.

As a warning, anytime you pop anything, whether it's a blister, a pimple or a boil, you run the risk of nasty infection
>> Anonymous
>>287442
so "normal" blisters are different than blisters from being burnt?
>> Anonymous
>>287448
of course they are. normal blisters are typically from friction.. which in turn is HEAT. whereas blisters from being burned are also caused by heat(as with all blisters really), except that the difference is this:how much heat caused the blister?
that is why there are differing degrees of being burnt. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, charred, corpse, etc, get my drift?

they will pop anyways becuz you cannot help but walk on your feet, correct? so pop them while you have some bit of control over the situation lest they pop unexpectedly when you will not have bandages &/or medication.

take care of it now & be healthy.
>> Miss Suzumiya !iwLx9zr4mc
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>>287448

Basically, your blisters can be filled with blood, pus or serum (which is basically a byproduct of blood, but isn't actually blood). The ones with serum are commonly called "water blisters" and that's likely what you have with a second degree burn.

A second degree burn will have blistering, but yours isn't very severe. However, since I don't have a real photo of your condition, it's hard to conjecture. More than likely, your blisters are harmless. If blood or pus comes out of your blister, don't pop the rest. A blood blister is there to protect a blood vessel that was damaged, pus means the blister is already infected and popping it just more of a risk. If it's a clear liquid, that's serum and it means the blister is just there to protect the skin underneath. Think of blisters like nature's bandaid, they're very helpful but with our medical products and treatment today they are rendered somewhat useless.
>> Anonymous
I LOVE YOU HARUHI ;_;
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>>287456
>>287457
thank you both, i get blisters on my hands and heels a lot, but have only burned myself to the point of blister once before this. i thought that burn blisters had to be treated differently, but it seems like not. thanx again! (a pile of kittens in return)
>> Anonymous
>>287456
Not really, ace. Blisters from friction aren't from heat as much as they are from shear forces. Any friction great enough to cause heat on the magnitude of burns... would just wear away at the skin and leave you raw before it heats up your flesh enough to cook it.
>> Miss Suzumiya !iwLx9zr4mc
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>>287460

Basically, think of a blister like a scab. The only difference is that with a blister, the epidermis is not broken, but subsequent underlying layers of the skin have been broken. This causes liquid to seep up and it makes the epidermis bulge, that is the blister.

What matters is the type of liquid that is inside the blister. They're all usually caused by burns or sometimes blunt pressure. If the epidermis breaks, that's when a scab will form instead of a blister. As I said, if the blister is caused by internal blood loss, that means the tissue damage occurred right over a blood vessel and you should not pop it (realistically, there isn't a huge risk involved, but you should let nature take care of it just to be safe...you really don't want a staph infection).

So, in layman's terms, a blister is kind of like a containment bubble to make sure everything stays under control.
>> Miss Suzumiya !iwLx9zr4mc
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>Any friction great enough to cause heat on the magnitude of burns... would just wear away at the skin and leave you raw before it heats up your flesh enough to cook it.

This isn't always true. It's very possible for heat to damage underlying skin while not breaking the epidermis. I do get your point, however. A burn may go through three layers of skin, not break the fourth, but it might have damaged the fifth or sixth. A blister will form any time there is a discrepancy in the order of the layers of skin being damaged:

__________
__________
___ _____

In this terrible diagram, the third layer has been broken but the first two are not broken. Some type of liquid will seep up from this broken skin and cause the first two layers to bulge upwards.
>> Anonymous
This thread is delicious.
>> Anonymous
Haruhi please marry me ;_;
>> Anonymous
Haruhi please hurt me
>> Anonymous
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the best pic i could get w/ my crappy phone, the size and firmness of the blister has gone down overnight (this is the biggest of the blisters)
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pic two of same blister......