What should I do if I have a burn on my mouth?

  Compared to head and facial burns, oral burns are more difficult to treat because they are not easily medicated in the oral cavity. Excessively hot food can not only burn the mouth, but in severe cases can also burn the esophagus and may even cause esophageal stricture. Different degrees of burns, emergency treatment in different ways.  1, mild type (skin a little red, painful, not too serious) emergency treatment rinse the mouth repeatedly with cool water, eat some ice cream (or containing ice). “Cooling treatment” has the effect of cooling, reducing residual heat damage, reducing swelling, relieving pain and preventing blistering, etc. The cooling time should be more than 15 minutes. In addition, you can choose some commonly used topical medications for burns, such as safflower oil, comfrey oil, Jin Wanhong, etc. applied to the affected area.  2, bubbles or bubble has broken the emergency treatment for small bubbles can not do any treatment, do not squeeze the bubble, the size of the soybean blisters, if the trauma is shallow, you can use sterilized scissors to cut open the blisters (recommended in the hospital), with sterilized cotton balls or gauze dip dry, apply some comfrey oil or comfrey cream. If the bubble has broken and flowing water, you should immediately seek medical attention.  3.Emergency treatment for moderate or severe burns Usually there is already a break, or the scalding surface is larger and the degree of scalding is deeper, this kind of burns are easily involved in systemic diseases, and improper treatment is likely to cause life-threatening, so you should seek medical attention immediately.  4, for the meal temperature is too high caused by the oral palate burns gargle with warm salt water (1 cup of warm water with a teaspoon of salt stirred), can be alleviated. This is because salt can neutralize the acidic relief of the mouth and prevent bacterial infection. At this time, you should try to avoid boiling hot food and coarse fiber food, and eat more things that are easy to swallow and digest.  It is worth noting that after oral burns, do not casually apply toothpaste, soy sauce, etc. to the trauma, which will not only affect the doctor’s judgment of the condition, but also cause infection of the trauma, but should be immediately sent to a specialist hospital for consultation and treatment.  Oral burns can be treated according to the following prescriptions: 1, painkillers: the commonly used surface anesthetics are 0.5% Dacronin solution, generally can be coated before eating to stop bleeding. In addition, sprinkle anti-allergy drugs such as Benadryl can also produce pain relief; 2, gargle: 0.1% potassium permanganate, 0.1% Levanor, compound boric acid solution, 0.02% to 0.04% chlorhexidine, etc.; 3, bulk agent: ice borax, tin type dispersion, sprinkle or blow over the affected area, several times a day; 4, also available mouth ulcer paste.  For small babies, the mother should try the temperature of the food before feeding it to the little one. And small babies usually instinctively taste a small bite before eating, and then gulp in, mothers should not be too anxious to let the baby eat in.