Reddening and burning of the shoulders from sunburn is referred to as solar dermatitis, which is an acute phototoxic reaction that occurs in the skin at the place of exposure to the sun after intense sunlight. It can be repaired by general treatment, topical medication, and oral medication.
1. General treatment: should avoid sun exposure, and in the exposed parts of the external physical shading agent or chemical shading agent, such as 5% titanium dioxide cream, benzophenone, etc., according to the individual skin type of shading agent sunscreen index, gradually go out to exercise, improve the tolerance of sunlight.
2. Topical medication: generally can be used externally with glycerite lotion and (or) glucocorticoids such as mometasone furoate cream, severe cases can be used 3% boric acid solution wet compresses.
3. Oral medication: the effect of topical drugs is not obvious, you can take oral antihistamines, such as chloro-cetirizine, chlorpheniramine, accompanied by a large area of edema or generalized chills, fever, you can take oral ibuprofen, acetaminophen and other medications.
Shoulder sunburn red hot to seek medical attention in a timely manner, according to the degree of the disease to choose the appropriate treatment, if you need to use drugs, should strictly follow the doctor’s instructions.