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I burnt my finger on the cooker around half an hour ago, ran it under the cold water tap until it stopped hurting and forgot about it. But it's just started to hurt really badly again. I put a cold compress on it and put some antiseptic cream on but it doesn't seem to be stopping the stinging. What can I do?
It's going to hurt for possibly as much at two days whenever you don't have ice on it. What's happened is that the nerve has been partially damaged so that until it starts to heal it doesn't know to stop feeling pain.
For comfort you could keep icing it to keep it numb, but make sure to take the ice off sometimes to ensure it gets proper blood flow.
Otherwise, this would be a great time to increase your pain tolerance by trying to block out the pain. You'd be amazed how much you can do if you keep calm, focus on breathing, and try to ignore the throbbing.
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Hey, that was great advice, thanks :) It helped a lot and my finger is OK now! xxx
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