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    After a Burn: When to Call Your Child's Healthcare Provider

    It's important to contact your child's healthcare provider if your child has any of these:

    • Not eating or drinking well

    • Antisocial or disruptive behavior at home or school

    • Signs of infection, such as the healing burn areas change and become red, warm, swollen, very sore, or have a bad smell

    • Uncontrollable itching

    • Scar cracks open or splits

    • Tissues around a joint tighten and the joint is hard to move

    • Burn is on an arm or leg and your child has trouble moving that limb and the affected fingers or toes

    • A lot of swelling in the injured area

    • Fever of 100.4°F (38°C), or higher, or as advised by the provider

    If it seems that the dressing changes are painful for your child, talk about pain medicine with your child's provider.

    Online Medical Reviewer: Amy Finke RN BSN
    Online Medical Reviewer: Liora C Adler MD
    Online Medical Reviewer: Tara Novick BSN MSN
    Date Last Reviewed: 4/1/2022
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    Southern New Mexico
    Surgery Center

    2301 Indian Wells Rd. Suite B
    Alamogordo, NM 88310
    www.snmsc.org

    Phone: 575.437.0890
    Fax: 575.437.0905
    Email: info@snmsc.org

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