--- title: Burns, sunburn and stings — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Burns, sunburn and stings», a lesson of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: The rule is cool running water for 20 minutes, never butter, toothpaste or ice: butter holds the heat in and ice hurts the skin more. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/6-burns-sunburn-and-stings/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/) / Burns, sunburn and stings # Burns, sunburn and stings Lesson 6 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school: 16 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/6-burns-sunburn-and-stings/). - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/6-burns-sunburn-and-stings/1/) — The rule is cool running water for 20 minutes, never butter, toothpaste or ice: butter holds the heat in and ice hurts the skin more. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/6-burns-sunburn-and-stings/2/) — Sunburn is a burn too, from invisible ultraviolet rays, and you can get it on a cloudy day; a tan is not healthy skin, it is damage. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/6-burns-sunburn-and-stings/4/) — For a few people a sting causes anaphylaxis, a whole-body allergic reaction: a swollen face or trouble breathing means call 999 at once. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/6-burns-sunburn-and-stings/5/) — Burns are cooled under cool running water for 20 minutes, then covered loosely with cling film or a clean dressing. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/6-burns-sunburn-and-stings/6/) — Butter, toothpaste or ice should never be put on a burn. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/6-burns-sunburn-and-stings/7/) — A blister protects damaged skin while new skin grows, so it is best left alone; popping it can let in germs. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/6-burns-sunburn-and-stings/8/) — Burns bigger than the child's palm, deep burns, or burns on the face, hands or feet need medical help. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/6-burns-sunburn-and-stings/9/) — A hot drink can badly scald a small child's thin skin even 15 minutes after it was made; any scald on a small child needs 999 or A&E. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/6-burns-sunburn-and-stings/10/) — Ultraviolet rays damage skin cells, and repeated sunburn in childhood raises the risk of skin cancer later in life. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/6-burns-sunburn-and-stings/11/) — You can burn on cloudy days and in the shade near water or sand. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/6-burns-sunburn-and-stings/12/) — A honeybee's barbed sting stays in the skin and is scraped out sideways with a fingernail or card as soon as possible, because its venom sac keeps pumping while it stays in. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/6-burns-sunburn-and-stings/13/) — Swelling of the face or tongue, wheezing or fainting after a sting is anaphylaxis and an emergency: call 999 and use an adrenaline pen, a pen-shaped injection, if there is one. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/6-burns-sunburn-and-stings/14/) — Dock leaves have no proven medicine in them; washing with soap and water and a cool cloth helps nettle stings. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/6-burns-sunburn-and-stings/15/) — Jellyfish stings are rinsed with seawater, tentacles removed with tweezers or gloves, and hot water or a hot pack eases the pain; weeing on them does not help and can make some stings worse. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/6-burns-sunburn-and-stings/16/) — Sparklers burn at over a thousand degrees, many times hotter than a cooking oven, so they are only for older children, held with gloves, and used ones go into a bucket of water. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/6-burns-sunburn-and-stings/17/) — Most insect bites and stings are not dangerous, even abroad, but a doctor or pharmacist can check one that swells up. - ← previous: [Nosebleeds and bumps on the head](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head/) - next →: [Colds and flu](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/7-colds-and-flu/) - ↑ back to [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/)