A young nurse was taken to hospital with second degree burns on Eve after sitting in the sun for just 30 minutes to speak to her neighbour.
Kara, 32, is 30 weeks pregnant with her first child and decided to sit out the front of her apartment with her friend on a balmy 27C day in .
After a short time in the sun, the pair moved to under a tree for some shade and continued talking for ‘a couple more hours’ on December 21 before they parted ways and began preparing for the Christmas period.
But despite not feeling hot or ‘sun kissed’, Kara started noticing a pink hue appearing on her neck, knees, lower arms and ankles at about 5pm.
Kara, 32, is 30 weeks pregnant with her first child and decided to sit out the front of her apartment block for half an hour with a friend on a balmy 27C day in Melbourne
‘I started applying after sun care to my skin that evening as a precaution,’ the psychiatric nurse said.
That night she woke up to a general feeling of warmth on the affected areas, but was otherwise shivering.
By morning she was feeling sore and tender and continued to apply aloe vera to relieve the pain.
‘That evening I continued to get increased pain and swelling of the affected areas.In particular oedema, or fluid retention, in my right ankle and both knees,’ Kara said.
‘This was most concerning because I’m pregnant and didn’t know if there would be any complications. My oedema began «pitting» which meant I could leave behind a full handprint indentation in my leg, ankle and knees.
‘I began icing myself on the areas.’
On December 24 Kara asked a family member to take her to the hospital for a check up, where she learned that the risk of oedema was especially high in pregnant women – and she could largely blame her bump for how her skin had reacted to the sun.
‘The doctor said that skin and hormones levels in pregnancy are super sensitive which is why sunburn happens quicker and more severe than what might normally be the skin’s threshold,’ she said.
‘Unfortunately being pregnant meant I was limited to the types of creams or medicine I could take to help with the oedema because I couldn’t have any anti-inflammatory medications.’
Explaining that she didn’t feel hot or ‘sun kissed’, ฝ้า กระ Kara was surprised when she started noticing a pink hue appearing on her neck, knees, lower arms and ankles by 5pm that day
That night she recalls waking up to a general feeling of warmth on the affected areas, but was otherwise shivering
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