Treatment for bad skin grazes
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Re: Treatment for bad skin grazes
Postby sogood » Thu May 20, 2010 6:47 pm
PS. Anyone lost their appetite for dinner yet?
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Re: Treatment for bad skin grazes
Postby foo on patrol » Fri May 21, 2010 6:19 pm
Yeah but, you four legged best friend is always there for you and is more than happy, too clean up the gunge and chew the scabs off. Plus you don't need too worry about a wriggler falling off and disappearing on you.sogood wrote:Nay TLL. Maggot wound management is much more relevant. And they can be cheaply obtained or pay for "medical grade" strains.
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Re: Treatment for bad skin grazes
Postby trailgumby » Sun May 23, 2010 7:19 pm
I read somewhere that their saliva has anti-bacterial properties? True or false?
Edit: did a search and the answer is, soemtimes yes, sometimes no. Saliva has antibacterial properties, but can transmit other infections to the lickee.
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Re: Treatment for bad skin grazes
Postby Alex Sniga » Wed Jun 30, 2010 12:44 pm
I also popped in to a local chemist and found there a spray elastoplast (antibacterial and waterproof) which supposed to be sprayed on rash to stop infection and probably allow to shower. It creates a thin film that acts as a barrier and gradually disappears in a couple days. I did buy and spray it, but have no idea whether it's good or bad (it did hurt a lot when I was spraying).
Now, after reading the above comments I'm confused though, may be I'll just go to medical center so they can inspect it and may be apply new dressings.
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Re: Treatment for bad skin grazes
Postby Parrott » Wed Jun 30, 2010 5:22 pm
I used to let my dog lick my wounds and never received an infection. I did hear of a local nurse having a serious wound infection transmitted from her dog recently but can't remeber the details sorry. Wikipedia had this though;trailgumby wrote:Funny how dogs do that. I had a chunk out of my shin courtesy of a cricket-ball-sized rock my front tyre flicked up from the trail one weekend, and my teenage son's girlfriend's dog started licking at it when I went to pick him up from her place.
I read somewhere that their saliva has anti-bacterial properties? True or false?
Edit: did a search and the answer is, soemtimes yes, sometimes no. Saliva has antibacterial properties, but can transmit other infections to the lickee.
Risks
As with the licking of wounds by people, wound licking by pets carries a risk of infection. Allowing pet cats or dogs to lick open wounds can cause cellulitis[54][55] and septicemia[56][57] due to bacterial infections. Licking of open wounds by dogs could transmit rabies,[58] although this is said by the CDC to be rare.[59] Dog saliva has been reported to complicate the healing of ulcers.[60] Another issue is the possibility of an allergy to proteins in the saliva of pets, such as Fel d 1 in cat allergy and Can f 1 in dog allergy.[61] Cases of serious infection following the licking of wounds by pets include:
A diabetic man who was infected by Pasteurella dagmatis due to the licking of his injured toe by his dog, causing a spinal infection.[62]
A woman recovering from surgery for endometrial cancer suffered from Pasteurella multocida infection causing an abscess after her cat licked the incision.[63]
A woman recovering from knee surgery suffered a persistent infection of the knee with Pasteurella after her dog licked a small wound on her toe.[64]
A dog lick to an Australian woman's minor burn caused septicemia and necrosis due to Capnocytophaga canimorsus infection, resulting in the loss of all her toes, fingers and a leg.[65][66]
C. canimorsus caused acute renal failure due to septicemia in a man whose open hand wound was licked by his dog.[67]
A 68 year old man died from septicemia and necrotizing fasciitis after a wound was licked by his dog.[68]
A blood donor whose cat licked her chapped fingers passed on Pasteurella infection to a 74-year old transfusion recipient.[69]
A seven-week old boy contracted meningitis due to Pasteurella from contact with pet saliva.[70]
A patient with a perforated eardrum developed meningitis after his dog passed on a Pasteurella multicoda infection by licking his ear.[71]
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Re: Treatment for bad skin grazes
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Re: Treatment for bad skin grazes
Postby wombatK » Thu Aug 12, 2010 7:30 pm
Anyone know where you can get Mefix from in Sydney ? I've tried asking at pharmacies in my local area - and drew blank stares.orphic wrote:I came across this the other week and decided I'll give it a shot if/when I next have to treat road rash. It always takes much longer than 7 days for the pink skin to appear with methods I've used previously.
http://www.aboc.com.au/tips-and-hints/h ... t-roadrash
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Re: Treatment for bad skin grazes
Postby Alex Sniga » Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:17 pm
One thing I really liked about the film is that it's transparent - you can see what's going on, unlike with lots of other padded bandaid lookalikes. It also doesn't seem to stick to the wound. And because it's thin, like skin - you can slightly touch the wound to check for possible infections - i.e. there is no protection of the pad (downside is if you bump it may hurt).
Also, had some fun showing it to friends (not at a dinner table of course )
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Re: Treatment for bad skin grazes
Postby eeksll » Tue Aug 24, 2010 1:15 am
But it is $$$. $20 after 20% off for 3 pieces of 10cm x 10 cm sheets.Can but cut to size and any shape. Can be overlapped.
what i do/did
1) get some alcohol wipes and go crazy
2) shave around the area
3) get some more alcohol wipes and go crazy.
4) wait a while for alcohol to evaporate, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegaderm
5) stick on patch without stretching patch, smooth down starting from the middle out so there are no "bubbles".
Just a second comment on my experience with elastoplast spray on for grazes, hurts like crazy and keeps hurting. Does NOT create a waterproof barrier (can feel sting when in the shower). Stuff still oozes out, so I still need a bandage, it seems pretty useless for grazes.
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Re: Treatment for bad skin grazes
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Re: Treatment for bad skin grazes
Postby stevebaby » Mon Sep 13, 2010 6:56 pm
Someone I knew had an enormous ulcer on his leg for 5 years which had resisted every antibiotic. He had ben told that he should prepare to have the leg amputated when one of his doctors decided to try an old and proven method,since he was at the stage where he didn't have much to lose. The ulcer healed in 3 months.
There is a lot of evidence to support the use of honey as a wound dressing...
http://www.worldwidewounds.com/2001/nov ... agent.html
http://dermnetnz.org/treatments/honey.html
http://www.insidecosmeceuticals.com/art ... -care.aspx
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC32305/
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Re: Treatment for bad skin grazes
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Re: Treatment for bad skin grazes
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Re: Treatment for bad skin grazes
Postby CommuRider » Sun Nov 14, 2010 8:57 pm
Try to get a non-stick dressing. It makes a whole lot of difference. Can heal better too.toppity wrote:Second day dressing stuck a little to the wound but not too much (perhaps 2cm square).
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Re: Treatment for bad skin grazes
Postby toppity » Thu Nov 18, 2010 3:52 pm
I check the dressing spec and it's Melolin. It's low adherent.CommuRider wrote:Try to get a non-stick dressing. It makes a whole lot of difference. Can heal better too.toppity wrote:Second day dressing stuck a little to the wound but not too much (perhaps 2cm square).
here is the link http://www.getprice.com.au/MELOLIN-DRES ... 936699.htm
After the fourth day the wound was still oozing, so i decided to leave the last one on and see what happens. The dressing has gone slightly hard. I'll take it off on Saturday (8 days after the injury) to see how it's going. I'm going to try the olive oil method of soaking it off mentioned earlier in the thread. If it's still not 100% (or perhaps 90%) i'm going with the dry it out method and leave it open for a while.
It's not stopping me ride atm so that's the main thing.
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Re: Treatment for bad skin grazes
Postby CommuRider » Thu Nov 18, 2010 5:03 pm
If the wound is still oozing, shouldn't you be changing it every day or when the dressing is full of blood etc?toppity wrote: After the fourth day the wound was still oozing, so i decided to leave the last one on and see what happens. The dressing has gone slightly hard. I'll take it off on Saturday (8 days after the injury) to see how it's going.
Having gone through recently what you did, I changed the dressings every day, twice a day in the beginning - one in the morning, one before going to sleep. I avoided the waterproof dressings unless showering as they tended to make the wound worse as it wouldn't let it breathe.
My procedure was: take off dressing, use sterilised saline solution to clean wound, use sterilised cotton wool/buds to mop up solution and help clean the wound too, add solosite, then add non-stick dressing (I use the Silver Elastoplast ones). I have been doing this for the last 5 weeks or so. Mine is at the healing stage so am only changing the dressing once a day now. I didn't leave the wound open so it wouldn't be exposed to airborne infection.
Neither did it me but boy, the first few days pretty horrible and sore.toppity wrote: It's not stopping me ride atm so that's the main thing.
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Re: Treatment for bad skin grazes
Postby toppity » Sat Nov 20, 2010 10:30 pm
I put some more gel on with a fresh dressing after cleaning it up a little. I'll keep this dry and check it again in 2-3 days.
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