Should I go to the hospital for a second degree burn?

Should I go Hospital - 2nd degree burn to the hand?

• I burnt my hand last night by accidentally touching the hob on my cooker. Carried out the usual, ran hand under cold water for 15 mins or so, and then applied an ice pack (wrapped in ...show more

• Answer:

  The thing that concerns me is that you state this morning you aren't having any pain. Most burns will cause some pain even after the burning sensation has stopped because of damage to the tissues. The only burns that don't cause pain are third degree because all the tissue is damaged. Second degree this is not so. Movement should cause discomfort if not outright pain. Keeping it covered isn't a bad idea since you don't want to accidentally open the blister. I would still get it looked at just because you state the lack of pain. That just doesn't sound right.