anyone medical....

tia has fallen over today and cut her hand on the ground, its about inch an half long and is cut sideways in rather than in deep if you kwim lol....

i couldnt see what she cut it on, and its got lots of dirt in it(a long line of it, i tried to clean it out but couldnt get it out plus it was too painful for her... im worried incase theres something in there and it causes infection or if i dont get the dirt out, the skin will grow over it and she'll have a dirty long mark on her hand forever ...

it looked quite nasty tbh, i tried calling the doctors but they were closed, so i whipped her across to the chemist and asked their advice, they couldnt really tell me much as tia was screaming, she did help me clean it up and told me to watch for a red line leading off it which worried me more :rolls eyes: :


any advice guys

I would take her to A&E Shell,if there is something in there
it needs to come out.

thaTs what i thought tbh jan!! .... but with no transport and a&e being moved to the other side of town, its nigh on impossible..... i have to go into town tomorrow afternoon so i was thinking of taking her to the NHS walk in docs in town see what they say?

soak her hand in salt water , that will make sure its clean, maybe tomorrow she will let you have a proper look at it, or you could do a honey wrap that draws anything out of a gut

weve just had tia in the kitchen and ive had a real good look at her hand, and tbh i cant tell if its muck or something solid in there, it feels very hard and slightly raised

im going to give nhs direct a ring to see what they say

ooh we have honey as well.....

ah definately walkin centre,just incase it gets infected,they might cover her with antibiotics just in case.ope shes feeling better soon

cheers debbie

ive just taken a piccie of it and sent it to a friend to see what she thinks, i hate it when the OH isnt here for a second opinion :rolls eyes: :

deffo the a&e Shelley even if it's to be on the safe side. can you not get a taxi or phone a friend

If you have the walk in nhs thing take her there and they will sort it for you hun. Kids hey such a bloomin worry

tias hand is much better *phew*
i got her in the bath this morning and managed to get a few little gritty stones out of the cut, thank goodness, we got it seen to, and another little stone made its way out lol, but the bit i was less concerned with was the apparantly the worst bit :rolls eyes:: i was more concerned about what ever was in it lol, but the entry hole for all the grit looked a little bit iffy, so she redressed it and said to keep an eye in it and keep bathing it and watch how it goes...

bloody kids

awww pleased its looking better

keep soaking it in a diluted salt water as often as she will allow.
make a game out of it boats, dolls ect in the bowl

aww glad its ok.

hilary bradshaw wrote:

keep soaking it in a diluted salt water as often as she will allow.
make a game out of it boats, dolls ect in the bowl

shes had it soaking this morning.... its starting to look a little iffy ...ive covered it back up :rolls eyes: :

fredsmum wrote:

hilary bradshaw wrote:

keep soaking it in a diluted salt water as often as she will allow.
make a game out of it boats, dolls ect in the bowl

shes had it soaking this morning.... its starting to look a little iffy ...ive covered it back up :rolls eyes: :

iffy
whats it look like then

it was looking a bit soggy and greenish..i think ive overdone it on the cream tbh, so i hel her down this afternoon and properly wiped it, i got most of the gunky shyte off, instead of creaming it i sprayed it with antiseptic and covered it up again, i'll have another look in a bit before she goes bed, see how its doing

is it looking better now hun

its fine today sange....i laid off the cream and just kept spraying it with antiseptic then drying it....

i think the cream was rotting her hand

never go in for nursing Shelley