Sunburn: Check Your Symptoms
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You have answered Yes to:Do you think you have a skin infection?
See significance of a skin infection if you need information to help you answer the questions below.
Review health risks that may increase the seriousness of your symptoms.
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Call your health professional immediately if you answer "Yes" to any of the following questions.
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Do you have diabetes?
Do you have a disease or take medicine that may cause problems with your immune system?
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Call your health professional today if you answer "Yes" to any of the following questions.
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Do you have increased pain, swelling, redness, or warmth around the sunburned area?
Do you have red streaks extending from the sunburned area?
Do you have any blisters draining pus?
Do you have a fever or think you have a fever?
If you have answered "No" to the above questions, go back to Check Your Symptoms and continue to answer the questions to evaluate your symptoms.
| Last updated: | January 09, 2006 |
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| Author: | Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNC |
| Reviewed By: | William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine, Alexander H. Murray, MD, FRCPC - Dermatology |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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