So I took a few hours of sun on the beach down in South Carolina this passed weekend, didn't use any sunscreen because the pharma companies want to kill us all. I definitely regret that decision. I got a pretty bad sunburn on most of my body - forehead, under forearms, chest and stomach, back, shoulders, and parts of my legs. I work security so I'm on my feet most of the time - shitty colleagues not giving me enough breaks doesn't help. It also causes me to walk with a limp because it's more of a hindrance to walking, rather than pain. It's 9:45pm and I don't have Epsom salt. Any help/advice to reduce the swelling overnight? I'm not expecting it to go away immediately, just as long as I can walk okay.
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Possibly/probably is now cellulitis. Look it up. Not good. Must have antibiotics. Steroids help as well if you have any. Also we got silver sulfadiazine cream prescription.
My daughter just did the same thing a few weeks ago. Do not play with this. It’s an infection in the bottom layer of skin and can go really bad really fast. Epsom salt didn’t help much. But we did have some colloidal silver spray and used it before we got the cream.
Also it does not heal quickly. You have to be very patient and elevate your legs as much as possible. And if you start antibiotics and think it is still getting worse go back immediately and have them switch to a different one.
It's just pretty swollen. I didn't cut myself by my foot/lower leg. I did step on something when I was actually in the water, but the ocean has always done a great job at healing any kind of cut or bruise for me. I'm obviously going to pay attention to it - I pay attention to my body, unlike a lot of other men.
There doesn’t have to be a cut. The sunburn weakens the skin allowing infection to set in. It’s really kind of bizarre. I’d never heard of it before but did a lot of reading on it. I also had a minor case of it on my legs. Definitely sunburned but days later when it should’ve started to ease up and start fading and peeling instead it got really tight/swollen and hot to the touch. Maybe it’s not what you have. I hope not for sure.
If you have oatmeal in the house, make up a bunch and once cool rub it on anywhere burnt. I live in the region where you got toasted and used to get baked regularly in Sanibel Island every March when I lived in the tundra up North.