What to do if your skin is red and hot from sunburn

Sunburned skin with redness and heat is usually 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 exposure to intense sunlight. It can be treated 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, glucocorticosteroids such as dianederma cream, and in severe cases, 3% boric acid solution can be used as a wet compress.
3. Oral medication: fever symptoms can be oral antihistamines such as loratadine, vitamin C, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen, serious cases can be systematically applied glucocorticosteroids such as prednisone.
Sunburned skin redness and fever to consult a doctor in a timely manner, under the guidance of a doctor to treat, drugs need to be used in accordance with the doctor’s instructions, do not take medication without authorization. At the same time go out and do a good job of sun protection, to avoid re-injury.