Halp Dr. BG

[Moosey]

I got a pretty bad sunburn a few days ago, and the pain from that I could give a shit about, but now it's starting to ITCH LIKE FUCKING HELL and everything i've tried doesn't really help it. It lasts for hours and prevents me from going to sleep because it's so unbearable.

I've tried aloe, various lotions, and ice. The Ice seems to help slightly but only for a little while.

What can I do to relieve myself of this agony short of becoming an hero?

[zoobernut]

anti-itch cream?

Don't roast yourself alive next time?

The itching is caused by blood rushing to the area to try to heal the damage you did to your skin.

Oh and obligatory "It's cancer" "Go see a doctor" and "It's Lupus"

[Seraph]

Oh and obligatory "It's cancer" "Go see a doctor" and "It's Lupus"

Definitely Solar-Herpes.

Last time I had terrible sunburn, which was probably over 10 years ago, I just filled the bathtub with cold water and sat in there for awhile, helped a ton.

[Olo401]

You have sun poisoning. Go see a doctor.

[zoobernut]

The sun mites have descended from the skies and are currently burrowing in towards your brain where they will inevitably turn you into a sun-zombie.

Or it could be the solar-herpes, you were raped by the sun.

[SephYuyX]

I foresee a new addition to bannable offences.

[Flarega]

Let me google that for you

[Suited Aces]

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[Effluo]

Get yourself a big bottle of regular white vinegar, stand in shower, pour vinegar over sunburned areas. You'll smell a bit like vinegar for about 30 mins, but it helps with the itching and pain, and seems to help it heal a bit faster, and reduce peeling. It will take a couple of days to really heal, but it will help while your skin is doing its thing.

Take it for what it's worth from a white ass Yank who gets burned way too easy...

[Kael]

Xenu has chosen you for a higher purpose.

[Priran]

I foresee a new addition to bannable offences.

because banning darwinism did a fat load of good. went from one poster posting a one word reply in a specific thread type to a lame meme with half of the forum having a darwinism sig/avatar.

as much as I love it when Sonomaa bans words (god I hate words), maybe the simpler and more effective solution would be to stop posting in these shitty threads.

[Ikith]

Usually when I get a sunburn a cold wet cloth on the area usually helps me out.

[SephYuyX]

because banning darwinism did a fat load of good. went from one poster posting a one word reply in a specific thread type to a lame meme with half of the forum having a darwinism sig/avatar.

Just because it wasnt enforced. If everyone who used the variation of it or had avas/sigs of it were banned, it would have been a different story. Hell would of broken loose, and it would have been fun.

[Despain]

I foresee a new addition to bannable offences.

Lol agreed.

[kuronosan]

I got a pretty bad sunburn a few days ago, and the pain from that I could give a shit about, but now it's starting to ITCH LIKE FUCKING HELL and everything i've tried doesn't really help it. It lasts for hours and prevents me from going to sleep because it's so unbearable.

I've tried aloe, various lotions, and ice. The Ice seems to help slightly but only for a little while.

What can I do to relieve myself of this agony short of becoming an hero?

There is nothing you can do about this except to stop using topical creams. When you get sunburned, your skin's nerves go into overdrive and become oversensitive since the skin is swollen.

Spread sour cream on your burns and that should help... aloe will only ease the pain but the itching unfortunately won't go away until your skin's sensitivity calms down.

[Day]

Witch hazel lotion but really this is a question for google. This is the problem with the internet, it's going to fill up with shit that's already been answered 12 gabillion times. I mean really, is a gaming forum actually the best place to ask medical advice, I mean seriously. These dudes might be able to beat battletoads without dying but they ain't no house man. Let me break this down for you, next time you have a stuuuupid medical question punch it into google first, see what kind of results you get, if you don't find an answer, then go to http://www.wtfiswrongwithmedotcom punch in your symptoms, I'm sure theres someone there that cares more than all of us combined.

[kuronosan]

I don't have a problem answering the questions even if I'm not a licensed physician, as I do have some medical knowledge and background, but I think the sharp rise in people paging "Dr BG" with questions that wikipedia can answer is just staggeringly stupid.

[Moosey]

Thanks for the on topic responses.

I made a "Dr. BG" thread not because I couldn't look up the info myself(because I already did), but mostly to hear about people's experiences with various remedies listed around the internets. Wikipedia doesn't tell you that.

BG's diversity allows for the potential to get answers with some sort of credibility and knowing that a given remedy for something could work. Going to some other random forum telling you to lather your body up with honey and sit in a bath of chamomile tea might not have the desired results(but you will smell quite nice.)

I posted here because I have an idea of who the people are that are responding to me.

If it's such a big deal, sub forum?

[kuronosan]

I think a subforum would be great. Unfortunately, people like Vajra would be very likely to overrun it like a virus, making its entire existence ironic.

[antihero]

skin cancer