Medic! Sliced open my hand. UPDATED with pics.

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Posted: 10/14/2004 6:04:48 AM EDT

Just sliced open my hand on a can trying to get the recyling stuff out to the curb. After some bleeding and much cursing, I'm finally bandaged up. Wound is between 1/2" and 3/4" long and over 1/4" deep on the part just above the web of my left hand on the pointer finger. Hurt like a sumbitch when it happened and it was deep enough that I thought I'd be sick.

Flushed it with water, peroxide, and then iodine. Didn't bleed too much and doesn't exactly hurt much now, but I'm trying to decide if I need to go get stitches and/or shots, or just go to work.

Any advice?

Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

Posted: 10/14/2004 6:05:42 AM EDT

[#1]

Superglue and duct tape.

Posted: 10/14/2004 6:07:41 AM EDT

[#2]

Go get a tetanus shot if you haven't had one in a while. While you're out, get you some gel superglue. Pinch the cut closed, and dab on the superglue to hold it together. Cover with bandage. Supergluing the cut closed helps the wound to heal faster and leaves very little scarring.

Posted: 10/14/2004 6:08:03 AM EDT

[#3]

Suck it up and go to work!

seriously if your debating if it needs stitches, you should probably have it checked out.

Posted: 10/14/2004 6:12:52 AM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
Go get a tetanus shot if you haven't had one in a while. While you're out, get you some gel superglue. Pinch the cut closed, and dab on the superglue to hold it together. Cover with bandage. Supergluing the cut closed helps the wound to heal faster and leaves very little scarring.

Nope, he needs the scar. He can tell people he got it in the Great War charging up San Juan Hill with Teddy and the Rough Riders.

Posted: 10/14/2004 6:24:51 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:

Any advice?

Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

[Gov. Ventura] Suck it up. You ain't got time to bleed. [/Gov. Ventura]

Posted: 10/14/2004 6:28:21 AM EDT

[#6]

Post pics for a full evaluation...

- BG

Posted: 10/14/2004 6:30:10 AM EDT

[#7]

Unless your finger is dangling from a thin piece of sinew, infection and tetanus is you only worries.

Posted: 10/14/2004 6:30:55 AM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
Superglue and duct tape.

And put in for a Purple Heart

Posted: 10/14/2004 6:31:24 AM EDT

[#9]

Post pics.

Posted: 10/14/2004 6:33:20 AM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Superglue and duct tape.

And put in for a Purple Heart

HEY! It's Bushs fault!

Posted: 10/14/2004 6:34:49 AM EDT

[#11]

Sue the manufacturer of the can, it was obviously defective.

Posted: 10/14/2004 6:39:50 AM EDT

[#12]

You know the rules ... pics required.

Posted: 10/14/2004 9:03:25 AM EDT

[#13]

High risk of infection. Get that treated rapidly should it occur.
Get your tetanus updated if you need.

I would rec suturing. You'll heal faster with less problems. the longer you wait the greater the risk of infection and after 6 hours they may not close it anymore. After 12 hours, no way.

You did a good job of cleaning the wound. No more peroxide at this point though. Use polysporin.

Posted: 10/14/2004 9:05:49 AM EDT

[#14]

Don't get blood on the keyboard!

Posted: 10/14/2004 9:07:12 AM EDT

[#15]

If you have iinsurance, go get stiches.

Posted: 10/14/2004 9:08:41 AM EDT

[#16]

butterfly bandaid

or just pack the wound with lots of salt

Posted: 10/14/2004 9:08:53 AM EDT

[#17]

Try Steri-strips or butterfly bandages if you don't want stiches or a dr. visit. 2 or 3 should do the job.

Posted: 10/14/2004 9:11:56 AM EDT

[#18]

most wont do sutures of wound is over an hour old but still get the shot

Posted: 10/14/2004 9:13:28 AM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
most wont do sutures of wound is over an hour old but still get the shot

Not true.

Posted: 10/14/2004 9:14:55 AM EDT

[#20]

Hrm...

I usually just fill any wounds with neosporin and let 'em heal that way...if necessary, I band-aid, but my usual slices and dices don't usually require those..

Posted: 10/14/2004 9:20:30 AM EDT

[#21]

For Pete's sake people, not every scratch requires sutures. If it's not a gaping laceration, clean it, apply topical antibiotic ointment, cover it, check on tetanus need and get back to your life.

Posted: 10/14/2004 9:28:07 AM EDT

[#22]

TIG it closed.

Kharn

Posted: 10/14/2004 9:31:03 AM EDT

[#23]

For a cut that size, sutures would be a good idea. You will really appreciate them if you've ever knocked open a wound that had already begun to heal. Stitches prevent that, and effectively keep the wound closed anyway.

On smaller wounds, I use superglue routinely. After all, it was originally developed for use as a surgical adhesive. The reason why it bonds skin so rapidly and effectively is because that's what it was DESIGNED for.

Superglue, a band-aid, and then a layer or two of blue painter's tape is my personal remedy for small cuts. The painter's tape keeps the band-aid from peeling off, which is sure to happen if the cut is on your hand and you have to keep using it.

CJ

Posted: 10/14/2004 9:37:15 AM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:Flushed it with water, peroxide, and then iodine. Any advice?

I just read that you should only use water for wound cleansing. Peroxide, iodine and mercurichrome will prevent healing of those cells slightly damaged and may even destroy good cells. After cleansing apply an anti-bacterial ointment.

I am not a doctor.
I did not play one on TV.
But I did drive by a Holiday Inn last night.

Posted: 10/14/2004 9:46:51 AM EDT

[#25]

I'd call my mommie and ask her.

Posted: 10/14/2004 9:48:31 AM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:
Quoted:Flushed it with water, peroxide, and then iodine. Any advice?

I just read that you should only use water for wound cleansing. Peroxide, iodine and mercurichrome will prevent healing of those cells slightly damaged and may even destroy good cells. After cleansing apply an anti-bacterial ointment.

I am not a doctor.
I did not play one on TV.
But I did drive by a Holiday Inn last night.

No shit?! Me too.

Anyway, the use of peroxide in such a wound can be useful and I typically do a one time application. Anaerobes cause tetanus, gangrene(Clostridium tetani and perfringens) and the oxygen generated by the peroxide can kill them. It may impair healing if you keep using it, but I haven't seen too many problems with its use.
Ditto on the polysporin use. Not a neosporin fan. Too many adverse reactions to the neomycin component in it.

ETA: most bacteria that cause infections in such wounds are not affected by peroxide.

Posted: 10/14/2004 10:19:39 AM EDT

[#27]

Pic of the cut.

Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

Posted: 10/14/2004 10:25:44 AM EDT

[#28]

that isnt too bad of a cut

Posted: 10/14/2004 10:26:11 AM EDT

[#29]

U pussy. My god its a little scratch. How friggin old are you? What a fuckin baby.

Posted: 10/14/2004 10:26:18 AM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:

that isnt too bad of a cut

+1

I've done worse

Posted: 10/14/2004 10:26:45 AM EDT

[#31]

I have had brambles do worse to me ................... geesh

Posted: 10/14/2004 10:27:28 AM EDT

[#32]

Least you didn't shoot yourself in the hand.

Posted: 10/14/2004 10:28:52 AM EDT

[#33]

That is a little scrape! You baby!

Posted: 10/14/2004 10:37:49 AM EDT

[#34]

Oh, come on!

I've cut myself worse shaving!

False alarm...no need to go to the hospital or anything.

Posted: 10/14/2004 10:39:19 AM EDT

[#35]

Was it an envelope or a sheet of paper that attacked you ???

Posted: 10/14/2004 10:41:20 AM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Superglue and duct tape.

And put in for a Purple Heart

Yah, I'm sure it's worse than anything sKerry got a PH for.

Posted: 10/14/2004 10:47:39 AM EDT

[#37]

smallest cut ....EVER!!!!

Posted: 10/14/2004 10:52:42 AM EDT

[#38]

Pussy.

Posted: 10/14/2004 10:54:36 AM EDT

[#39]

Quoted:
Oh, come on!

I've cut myself worse shaving!

What, your legs?

Posted: 10/14/2004 10:57:39 AM EDT

[#40]

Good God man, you've got enough gauze for a sucking chest wound!

Posted: 10/14/2004 11:01:23 AM EDT

[#41]

I got a bigger cut in my gum.

Any how yeah thats not a bad cut but sure it hurt real nice, like a paper cut.

Posted: 10/14/2004 11:03:51 AM EDT

[#42]

Tis but a Flesh Wound!!!

Hell, you should have seen my kneecap after a chainsaw kicked back on me. Its always "cool" to see the bone that makes up ones kneecap.

Posted: 10/14/2004 11:04:03 AM EDT

[#43]

Quoted:
U pussy. My god its a little scratch. How friggin old are you? What a fuckin baby.

+1
I bet the scabs you pick off your vagina bleed more than that!

Posted: 10/14/2004 11:05:46 AM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:
Quoted:
U pussy. My god its a little scratch. How friggin old are you? What a fuckin baby.

+1
I bet the scabs you pick off your vagina bleed more than that!

DAMN!

Posted: 10/14/2004 11:11:48 AM EDT

[#45]

Sheeesh...put one of those super pads on it....show it to your buddies at work for laughs and get on with your day. Christ all mighty. Oh, and when you cry, try to keep the salty tears off it.