To treat minor burns, use non-prescription antibiotic ointments, topical anesthetics, and aspirin. To treat severe burns, your doctor may prescribe pain relievers, antibiotics, and a tetanus booster shot. See Medications section for information regarding medicines your doctor may prescribe. Ask your doctor. No special diet for minor burns.
More severe burns require intravenous feeding.
When appetite has returned and alertness, strength, and feeling of well-being will allow. An infant has a burn, even if it seems minor. No healing in 6 days. Chills and fever. M.D. Copyright by Putnam Publishing Group.