What to do if a burn gets infected

Infected burns need to be debrided, and need to use drugs for local disinfection and anti-infection treatment, in addition, growth factor drugs can also be used for treatment. After the scald infection, first of all need to clean the infected wound, the scald wound of infected and necrotic tissue, purulent secretion completely removed, and then use iodophor, 75% alcohol and other disinfectants for disinfection of scald wounds, but also the use of silver sulfadiazine cream, compound zinc sulfadiazine gel and other drugs for anti-infective treatment of the wound. Regular dressing change treatment. For severely infected burn wounds, surgical treatment is also available. When the infection of the wound is controlled, recombinant human epidermal growth factor gel, recombinant bovine basic fibroblast growth factor gel and other drugs can be used to promote the healing of the wound. And intravenous or oral use of cefuroxime, levofloxacin and other antibiotics anti-infection treatment. If localized infection occurs after the burn, please follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.