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Burns Home Care: Warning Signs

Notify your doctor if you have a burn and any of the following:

Burns due to a house fire
Burns in an infant or elderly person
Burns of the face, hands, feet or genitals
Burns that cover 15 percent of the body surface area
Chemical burns
Electrical burns
Fever
Pus draining from the burn
Second degree and third degree burns
Worsening redness, swelling and pain around the burn:

Cellulitis of the face
Cellulitis of the ear
Cellulitis of the arm
Cellulitis of the hand
Cellulitis of the leg
Cellulitis of the foot
Cellulitis of the abdomen
Cellulitis of the breast

Red streaks spreading from the burn:

Lymphangitis of the arm
Lymphangitis of the back of the leg
Lymphangitis of the hand from a finger wound

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Last Updated: Nov 4, 2008 References

Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD

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