it hurts so bad. my shoulders and back are bright red. i spent the entire time underwater at the beach and i guess my sunscreen washed off and the water magnified the rays or something but omg it huts. what can i do to make it feel better!!!
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i found this article.. hope this can help:\n\nTreating a sunburn quickly and with healing ingredients is important to help reduce the damage and to protect against further damage. \n\nHealing Sunburn Treatments \n\nAloe Vera Gel \nFor sunburn there is nothing better than aloe vera gel; it is antibacterial and deeply healing for burns in part because of aloectin B, which stimulates the immune system. Aloe vera gel is used in hospitals for burn victims. Aloe Vera comes from the aloe vera plant, and the gel may be squeezed from its leaves, or you can buy pure aloe vera gel as a product in most health food stores. \n\nVitamin E Cream\nOne of the antioxidants, vitamin E creams, ointments and oils, can help heal sunburn damage and shorten its effects. \n\nIncrease Your Vitamin C \nAnother antioxidant, increasing your vitamin C intake while sunburned will help you heal. \n\nBlack Tea Sunburn Soother \nThe tannins in cool black tea will help sooth a sunburn. \n\nBaking Soda Bath\nHave a cool bath to which 1/2 a cup of baking soda has been added. \n\nCalendula Creams\nCalendula is one of the most healing plants. The flowers are emollient, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antifungal, and antiviral. They are immune system stimulants and rich in carotenoids. Look in your health food store for calendula creams and ointments. \n\nAvoid Petroleum jelly, as it will hold in the heat. \n\n..and oh, drink lots of water!
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For sunburn, you should use Aloe Vera gel to soothe the pain, but you can use Calamine lotion or Hydrocortisone cream over-the-counter  to alleviate the inflammation and redness. Apply at least two to three times a day until redness and inflammation dissipates/improves. If it's an oozing sore, I would stay away from Benadryl cream and go to the physician immediately. If you don't see the symptoms getting better in 3 to 5 days, make an appt to see your dermatologist.\n\n Make sure to use sunscreen from now on. I recommend SPF 30 at a minimum and wear lighter colored shirts, since darker colors attract the heat of the sunlight. And of course, if the topical agents don't help with the pain, you can take tylenol or motrin to alleviate the pain.I get this question all the time at the pharmacy.
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Take a pain killer and a coolish bath.  Do you have Noxzema or even calamine lotion?  Perhaps a little baking soda/water paste will help.
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try to relax more. Dont tense up. Visit your local hospital and see others in lots worse pain, it'll make yours easier to bear. Dont be a wimp.
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I feel the same way. Some people can't  take a lot of sun exposure.\n You could try hydrating well with Gatorade before going out and take your water bottle with you.
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Do you know what the cause of your back pain is? Sometimes if you lift something heavy improperly, it will hurt a few days later (not at the time of the incident). Or sometimes it is related to women's periods. It could also be your chest that is sore, but you feel it in your back. Find out the cause and then you can work on ways to make it feel better. Heating pads are nice if the muscle is spasming or tight. Ice pads are good for new injuries, but only for the first 24 hrs. And of course massages are great. If you have the money invest in a few massage sessions (assuming that the damage done to your back is minor). Massages are cheap too, only about 50 dollars for an hour. And it's worth it when you walk away feeling great! Of course Motrin will help with the swelling. But if you can't get the pain under control, see a physician for an examination, some X-Rays and some better pain medication such as Vicodin. Good luck!
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Ouch that must have hurt!\n\nI don't know where U R from, cause there's something you can get in a good vitamin shop or health food store called Catalyst Activated (or sometimes the word  'Altered' is used) Water.\nWhat you are buying is the catalyst ... what you put it in is Distilled Water.  \nThe Topical Mixture is 2 oz to 1 Qt of distilled water.\n\nThen get a mister bottle (the fine mister bottles are usually 8 oz bottles), so you will be able to fill it 4 times with that mixture.  It will last a long time.\n\nNow had you sprayed it the minute after it happened, it probably wouldn't have blistered ... or maybe even gotten red.  But it would have felt burned for a day or two ... then it would be all healed.\n\nI know this for a fact because I've been using this specially mixed Catalyst Water for 2 decades+,.and have had this experience many times.\nOnce after I washed and set my hair & it was all fluffy, I was on the phone trying to light a cigarette, so I was trying to hold the phone with my chin, and my head was bent over slightly.  The next thing I knew my hair caught fire ... and fell on the right side of my face ... burning my eyebrow, eye lashes and right side of my eye and part of my cheek.\n\nI dropped the phone ... ran into the bathroom, got my mister and started spraying immediately.  \nIt took the burning feeling away almost instantly.  But then when the water dried, my skin felt like it was burning again ... so I kept spraying it all day into the night.  I put some gel on it when I went to sleep ... and when I got up, I bolted into the bathroom to see if it got blistered and red.  \nNope, it looked normal.  \nBut when I touched the area, it felt burned. So the next day I misted it again .. and again. And by the end of the day it was healed cause it felt totally normal.\n\nNow you are probably thinking it's too late to use this ... but it is never too late.  It will heal you quickly.  And probably prevent you from scarring.\n\nThen you might be thinking about all the mixture you will have left over.  Well let me tell you ... I keep a mister in the bathroom and one in the kitchen and one in my bag.  \nIt is also great for scratches, cuts and rashes as well.  And when my eyes get dry from staring at my PC screen I spray it in my eyes.  It's also great for cooling off on hot sweaty days.  Great for the skin before and after makeup. Or dampening your hair before U blow dry it. Great for cleaning your PC screen too!\n\nYou will find endless uses for it ... I've even sprayed it on wilted veggies to perk them up!\n\nYou should get this stuff ... it's miracle water!  \nYou will use it for the rest of your life.
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You probably tore a ligament or tendon.  I was in a car accident that left my shoulder in a lot of pain.  It took me a few months to recuperate so that I could lift my arm more than a few inches and a few more before I could brush my hair without pain or difficulty.  Keep moving and stretching it without hurting yourself worse.  Just do a little bit a time and talk to your doctor about your concerns.  He may be able to suggest an anti-inflamatory to help with the soreness and stiffness.  Good luck.
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Ok since you are sorta dark anyway and you work outside i would prob recommend that you def use some type of sunscreen with 30spf. This will block out all the UV rays. If you can find a good one that blocks out all the UVA and UVB rays you will be much better off. Since your skin is already dark it is pretty hard to lighten it up but you can scrub yourself to death in the shower and that will help take some of the dead skin off that you got from your sun exposure. Dark skin isn't bad..might not be the greatest for your health if it is cause you were out in the sun. Good luck and I hope this helps you.
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you need to relax properly it's natural to float lie on your back and realx if you feel like you are sinking move your hands under water in a small figure of eight try it \nhope that helps
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if u still feel soreness, you need medical attention, otherwise you need to rest for a few days. too bad for the prom night. it's better to miss one night than causing permenant damage when you try to assert yourself!!
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First you should check your weight..if you are over weight..\n\nYou can have hot tub bath ( heat around 18 to 20 C )sit in for about 20 minuets...\n\nYou can use some gel like Move...or Radial gel.\n\nSome exercises...\n\nyou can check these sites:\n\nhttp://www.spine-health.com/\n\n\nhttp://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=17&topcategory=Spine\n \n\nIf symptoms presisted, you should see Dr.\n\nI wish you feel better soon.
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Go to the store and buy a sunburn ointment. It'll help alot. Also, buy some spray-on Aloe-Vera= it'll make your skin feel cool when you rub it on.
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Ouch! Nerve pain like that is just awful. If you haven't experienced it, you can't explain it to someone else. It is so intense! When I was in my forties, I wrenched my lumbar vertebrae helping a service man move a 300-lb. gas cylinder. I even heard it when my back went out. I went to a chiropractor, and he cleared that out in ONE visit. Until you find a way you are willing to try, use ice to reduce the inflammation. When you do that to your back, everything gets swollen up and pushed tightly together. The ice pack makes the muscles contract and open up inside so all the parts can move again. This tightening up is called "splinting," and is a natural mechanism your body uses to protect that painful place in your back. The ice pack should be kept on twenty to twenty-five minutes per hour, possibly four times during the day. You will notice it getting much easier to bear. The ice pack also tells your brain to send more blood to that area, which helps to flush all that congestion away from the sore spot. I strongly urge you to see a chiropractor. In ONE visit, you will be able to immediately find relief to a very considerable extent from what has probably been driving you up the walls. The problem with this kind of pain is that it is relentless and does not stop while you are trying to sleep at night. If you begin to miss your sleep cycle, you will get strung out, crabby and irritable, and that just adds to it. So - if you are not keen on chiropractors, go to your family doctor instead, but do not sit home, in agony and immobilized in a chair. That would be just too stressful. Call a best friend to drive you to and from, if that would help you. Reach out. I am hoping others in this column at Yahoo! Answers will also offer you ways to get better really quickly. Please accept this huge load of love and support from Chris in South Portland, Maine, U.S.A. (I am 63 years old.)
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Think..hot tub, jacuzzi, sauna, long hot bath.....anything to relax your muscles.  You'll be sore for a couple of days.   Hopefully it was worth it!\n\nTake ibuprofin for the pain and in case anything is swollen!
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You should see your doctor right away and have your neck xrayed.  I hope he refers you to a spinal specialist.  Could be a pinched nerve, and that's not fun.  It will run down your across your back, shoulders and arms if let go too long.  Sometimes the damage doesn't show up right away.  \n\nIf not, maybe a vertabra is damaged.  Either way, please have it checked.
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It's me again. Gordy in South Portland, Maine. That gooey stuff are your eyes, trying to heal themselves. You may possibly have a little irritation in your eyes, still. If you have a family doctor, he can take a peek and prescribe an eye rinse for you to keep your eyes clean while they are healing. Because this is such a pain in the neck to you, I would think a quick visit to your doctor, or even a walk-in clinic, would end a lot of useless worry about it. The best part about doctors and clinics is that almost all of the  time they have seen all this before and they will know exactly what to do for you. A fantastic eye rinse you can pick up at the pharmacy, over the counter, is Collyrium. It comes in a 4 ounce bottle with an eye cup on top to use. All it is is boric acid, sodium borate and water, preserved with benzalkonium chloride (0.01%). Don't let that fancy language scare you. It's great stuff, and after you slosh it around in your eyes for about thirty seconds, you can feel the itching go away and your eyes getting a decent chance to heal themselves. Your best bet, and the one that I'd opt for because it's the shortest route to home plate, is just see your doctor or clinic. They have stuff even better than the stuff I just recommended to you and it will also shorten the time you have to be bugged it this. I sometimes get allergic reactions to stuff after being out on my bicycle for long rides in the Maine countryside, and this eye wash Collyrium knocks it out pretty quick. Hope I haven't upset you with all this information. I will be holding a very strong thought which goes like this: let him get his eyes in good shape again before this Saturday. Good luck to you from  - G. in South Portland, Maine., U.S.A.