Mum's hot water bottle warning as she vows to 'never use one again'

A mum has issued a serious warning after a hot water bottle left her with "horrendous" burns.

Helen Cowell was using a hot water bottle to help treat her back pain. However, things took a turn for the worse when it burst, leaving her with burns to her leg and bottom.

Speaking of the incident that happened last April, Helen said: "I put it on the side of my leg while I was laying on the couch and it perished in the middle and went all over me. I can’t even explain the pain," Wales Online reports.

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"I was just screaming. The skin was off the back of my legs and my bottom. It was horrendous. I will never forget it for the rest of my life.”

The 45-year-old had filled up the hot water bottle with boiling water. "Most people will tell you that unless you boil the water you can’t feel the heat – no matter how many times the doctors tell you that you shouldn’t be using hot water," she added.

After the bottle had burst, Helen was rushed to hospital by her daughter while she was "face down, screaming all the way" there.

She added: Everyone, in all fairness, just stepped aside and I went straight in. I just remember being in a room in the intensive care unit and don’t remember much else - just the pain.

“It’s not just a little burn, it’s horrendous. I couldn’t walk properly for a while, because of the nerve damage in my legs, and had to use a Zimmer frame. I’ve got severe scarring - all inside my legs, my buttocks and the back of my calves - and it may never go away.

"If I wear shorts it’s very visible. Horrible, crumpled, crusty and dry. That upsets me too, but it could have been my face.”

Helen says she's been left