How to treat a hand burned by boiling water

Hands scalded by boiling water should be treated through general treatment, medication, surgery and other measures. 1. General treatment: first of all, avoid re-exposure to boiling water to remove the heat source, and at the same time with flowing water rinse, or put in cold water soak, can also use ice for cold compresses. 2. medication: rinse the wound with saline, povidone-iodine routine disinfection, you can apply burns wet cream, comfrey oil and other drugs to regulate. Use penicillin, cefixime and other antibiotics to fight infection. If the burn area is large, oozing more, should also be intravenous supplementation of electrolytes and water. 3. Surgery: If the hand is scalded by boiling water, and if the wound is deeper, surgical treatment such as skin grafting is also needed. Hands scalded by boiling water should be timely medical treatment, drugs need to be used under the guidance of a professional doctor.