Dealing with sunburn
As the summer heat strikes, it is unavoidable for your child to not have sunburn. Summer is always the most active time for kids and they spend most of the time outside playing under the extreme heat of the sun.
Eventually, the sun will take its toll. Sunburn will soon follow and your child will come running to you in pain. If this happens, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital has given a few tips of the trade.
1. Give your child a cool bath.
2. Apply cold compress.
3. Put moisturizer, aloe or hydrocortisone cream. Avoid Benadryl or bezocaine because they have a risk of reaction.
4. Give your kid acetaminophen or ibuprofen for pain
5. Leave any of the blisters alone to reduce the risk of infection. Do not attempt to pop or drain them.
6. Keep your kid out of the sun while the sunburn is still in the healing process.
