My sunburn feels like it did something to my muscles?

[misssouthernbelle]

I laid on the beach for the first time in 15 years yesterday. I used SPF 70, but I am very pale and it didn't work great. I am burned on my back and the back of my legs. It feels like my muscles/nerves hurt when I walk. Is this a bad sign? Sign of a degree burn?

[hswhis]

You may have fluid retention around your burn site which is the body's reaction to a burn. That fluid retention can be causing pressure on your muscles. This happened to me once. The burn on my forearms causes so much fluid retention and swelling that you could not see my wrist bones. It took 2-3 days for the swelling to go down and maybe a week for the pain to go completely away.

You may have to go to a doctor to evaluate how bad the burn is.

[ironeddie]

Get to a hospital emergency. You have a serious burn.

[misssouthernbelle]

Really? Is it that bad?

[ironeddie]

I can be. I use to work with a guy who had very similar symptoms that you are complaining of. He had a 2nd degree burn. He had to stay off his feet for about 10 days. and that's when using a dr. prescribed ointment. This MIGHT be very serious.

[ironeddie]

*It can be