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["Paul Hillman" <chris_hillman AT msn.com>]

  Hi,
       My wife is a Nurse Practitioner and former clinic director. She feels 
it 
  is getting infected by your description, and is not sure you can continue 
to 
  treat it on your own. Not being able to see it, she recommends you get it 
  evaluated and it may need anti-biotics. She is not big on prescribing them, 
but if 
  the foot is in danger, better not to fool around with it. Any other 
  discriptions or symptoms?
   
  Drew
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  Thanks Drew,

  This happened 5 days ago. I guess it's a 2nd degree burn.

  I keep soaking it with "Bactine" antibiotic, and apply pads coated with 
Neosporin, as per a pharmacist's suggestion, about 3 times a day.

  I don't think I detect any sign of infection. It seems to be attempting to 
"scab-over" better now.

  Someone told me that they had a similar burn and said to use Hydrogen 
Peroxide but left without explaining any particulars.

  You know the high-cost of "medical" today, it's all over the "campaign 
trails" these days, and news. Eventhough this is a burn of a serious nature, 
I would attempt to treat it myself, until infection would/might actually 
set-in.

  A doctor would probably prescribe oral, or other, antibiotics, but topical 
treatment would probably be not much different than what I'm attempting to do?

  Paul Hillman