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Suggest Treatment For Sun Burn On Back Of My Neck
My sun burn occurred on Friday from the back of my neck to the bottoms of my feet, being most severe across the shoulder blades, down the spine, the tops of the back of my thighs, and the insides of my knees, and originally seemed mild enough. By four hours later, it was tingling, painful, and I was vomiting, dizzy, and unable to keep anything but water down. I have a severe allium allergy that has not acted up to aloe yet, but when I applied aloe, my burn was soothed momentary, then broke out into a rash that blistered.
By the second morning, my skin was tingling, dry, itchy, the usual burn feeling, but the muscles underneath felt tender. I applies vinegar, as my skin was blistering instantly to aloe trials on the back of my hands (those unburnt). It was soothed, and beyond a bit of tightening of the skin, it was tolerable.
By day three, the muscles were stiff, and the nerves were pretty raw. Clothing against the skin felt like the stinging of bees, but that's typical of a sunburn, so I ignored it and went on with my day without too much trouble. I felt sick after eating though, and had to fight to keep food down.
This morning was day four. The pain was unendurable, the skin is now falling off in layer after layer and thick pieces, and yet the skin underneath that is still as red as the rest. The pain starts with pins and needles, and then turns into lines of blinding pain radiating out from those spots, down my skin, up my spine, across the shoulders and arms, with or followed by muscle spasms. Painkillers don't even take the edge off of the pain, and I fainted for the first time in my life today! I took a cold shower, like the days previous when it hurt bad enough, and the shock was enough to drop me.
I'm not sure if this is getting better...or worse. The symptoms are worse, of course, but I know the healing process often feels worse than the initial damage. Any help would be much appreciated. If there anything topical over the counter I could spray on this that doesn't contain aloe that would take the edge off of the pain? Do I need to see a doctor?
By the second morning, my skin was tingling, dry, itchy, the usual burn feeling, but the muscles underneath felt tender. I applies vinegar, as my skin was blistering instantly to aloe trials on the back of my hands (those unburnt). It was soothed, and beyond a bit of tightening of the skin, it was tolerable.
By day three, the muscles were stiff, and the nerves were pretty raw. Clothing against the skin felt like the stinging of bees, but that's typical of a sunburn, so I ignored it and went on with my day without too much trouble. I felt sick after eating though, and had to fight to keep food down.
This morning was day four. The pain was unendurable, the skin is now falling off in layer after layer and thick pieces, and yet the skin underneath that is still as red as the rest. The pain starts with pins and needles, and then turns into lines of blinding pain radiating out from those spots, down my skin, up my spine, across the shoulders and arms, with or followed by muscle spasms. Painkillers don't even take the edge off of the pain, and I fainted for the first time in my life today! I took a cold shower, like the days previous when it hurt bad enough, and the shock was enough to drop me.
I'm not sure if this is getting better...or worse. The symptoms are worse, of course, but I know the healing process often feels worse than the initial damage. Any help would be much appreciated. If there anything topical over the counter I could spray on this that doesn't contain aloe that would take the edge off of the pain? Do I need to see a doctor?
