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My son is a red head with fare skin, he got sunburned today and his feet are swollen should i take him to the er?

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Dr. Maya Vazirani
Neonatology 55 years experience
Yes: are his feet sunburnt? make sure you take an icecube and apply it to the sun burnt area .if it is bad or blistered it needs to have a dressing. make sure you replace his electrolytes with some think like pedialyte calamine lotion should help with the soothing next time use a screen with a high SPF
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