The Blister on the Finger

There's no single way to treat finger blisters, since there are several different kinds of blisters to begin with, and not all blisters necessarily require treatment. Some blisters can be prevented, by wearing gloves for example, or staying out of the sun. Other blisters, which may be caused by accident or disease are not always preventable.

Finger blisters can often arise from certain hobbies or activities, such as playing golf, or playing the guitar, especially if your hands and fingers haven't become conditioned to holding a golf club or plucking strings. Prevention would be wearing a glove in the case of golf, or using a pick or finger protectors when playing the guitar. Often though, in activities such as these, as we practice them our skin becomes conditioned and blistering becomes less and less likely.

As we all know if skin is exposed to hot objects or fire, it will burn. To understand the severity of a burn one needs to evaluate the size of the burn and the nature of the contact with the hot object or fire.It is quite possible that hot fluid burns occur over a patch. This will happen not only if the hot fluid has fallen on the skin in large amounts, patches also form if hot liquids fall in spots, or even if the fluid has bubbled or splashed onto the skin.

When treating a finger blister there are various things that we should consider. The first thing to do when you burn your finger is to immediately wash the burnt area with cold running water. Washing the fingers or the area with the burn will remove the remaining hot oil or water and will soothe the skin.

Once you see that a blister has appeared it is better that you clean the area and let the blister heal on its own.Self healing is usually the best home remedy as no specific treatment has been designed for a finger blister caused by burning.It is possible that after the burn and blister formation the person could be in pain, to soothe this pain ice can be used in a compress.It is also advisable that the person apply some kind of topical burn cream. These are easily available over the counter.

Care should however, be taken so as to avoid physical injury to the blister. Rupturing the blister will cause additional discomfort