How to deal with infected and pus-filled wounds after burns

If the wound formed by scald is infected with pus, general treatment, drug treatment (amoxicillin, etc.), physical therapy (hot compresses) and surgical treatment (debridement and disinfection, etc.) need to be given according to the specific situation. 1. General treatment: in the scalded wound infected pus, patients are advised to avoid smoking and alcohol, avoid eating spicy stimulation, greasy food, accompanied by fever patients need to pay attention to rest. 2. medication: because the wound infection pus is mostly caused by bacterial infection, so you can follow the doctor’s instructions to give the relevant antibacterial drug treatment, such as amoxicillin, levofloxacin and other oral drugs, but also to give erythromycin ointment and other topical antibacterial drug treatment. 3. Physiotherapy: During the infection period, you can give local hot compresses or infrared irradiation treatment to promote local blood circulation, which is conducive to the decline of inflammation. 4. Surgical treatment: the most common is debridement, which can remove the necrotic tissue and pus from the wound under local anesthesia; for deeper wounds, petroleum jelly gauze can be placed in the wound after debridement and disinfection. If the local formation of abscess, can also be given under local anesthesia incision and drainage. After the burn wound infection pus should be timely medical treatment, under the guidance of a professional doctor to standardize the treatment and medication, so as not to delay the condition.