Hello! My brother started to work in refrigerator repair shop few days ago. Yesterday he came from work and told me his colleague had burned his fingers with freon. I have never heard about such burn. Is that possible or is he only teasing me? If freon can burn that means my brother works in a dangerous place. How to treat freon burns on skin?
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Hello! Yes, Freon can burn the skin. Although such injuries are called “burns”, they actually cause freezing. In this case the person should be treated for frostbite. The affected areas should be placed in warm, but not hot, water, until tissues are soft and after that the affected tissue should be wrapped in sterile gauze. Since your brother works with hazardous chemicals he should wear protective work gloves and other safety clothing
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I was burned with R410-A two days ago woke me up last night hurting and is throbbing with pain now what treatment do you recomend
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I've been injured a few times by r410aa, and I always treat it with silver sulfadiazine you can get it over the counter as well with prescription
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It is very odd that injuries from freon or liquid nitrogen are called burns while they are in fact frostbites.
Those burns can be very severe so this advice should be taken very seriously. Protective clothing and footwear is of the utmost importance, just like gloves, but not the cheap one. After all, health is the only thing we should value, and we should do everything in our power to keep our health at the maximum level for as long as we can.
Warm water and sterile gauze should be in the visible place all the time so people can react if something bad happens.
Those burns can be very severe so this advice should be taken very seriously. Protective clothing and footwear is of the utmost importance, just like gloves, but not the cheap one. After all, health is the only thing we should value, and we should do everything in our power to keep our health at the maximum level for as long as we can.
Warm water and sterile gauze should be in the visible place all the time so people can react if something bad happens.
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One effective method to treat Freon burns is to immerse the affected area in lukewarm water and then apply aloe vera gel to soothe the skin.
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