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How to deal with superficial wounds
Ask the reader how to deal with superficial wounds?
Answer this question, Dr. Osama Shaheen Consultant General Surgery, said: superficial wounds are those
Resulting from injury to the skin surface anywhere in the body such as hands, feet and head and sometimes elsewhere
But how many are dealing with it?
• Clean the wound under running water with a disinfectant, if any.
• Develop a piece of clean cloth or gauze was found that the medical stop bleeding and protect the wound from further contamination.
• If the bleeding is severe are pressing hard on the wound in an attempt to prevent the loss of a lot of blood.
• In all cases, must go to the specialist surgeon to complete the appropriate action.
But what is the appropriate action, which often deals by the surgeon?
• After cleaning the wound be sure that there are no deep infections must be dealt with first.
• it is often the right decision is sewing the wound in order to heal better and so is stop the bleeding.
It should be noted here that often sewing the wound with a suitable thread is much better than leaving it heal without stitching
Where the latter method leads to the emergence of an ugly wound.
However, the doctor may be forced to leave the wound without stitching over the injury if more than 6 hours to avoid a
Contamination inside the wound.
Nevertheless, there are alternatives to sewing less painful has given better results, such as:
• The use of adhesive tapes Alstrastervs.
• Use of medical glue (Aldermabond).
The advantage of these methods that it is not painful and do not require a drug ..
Answer this question, Dr. Osama Shaheen Consultant General Surgery, said: superficial wounds are those
Resulting from injury to the skin surface anywhere in the body such as hands, feet and head and sometimes elsewhere
But how many are dealing with it?
• Clean the wound under running water with a disinfectant, if any.
• Develop a piece of clean cloth or gauze was found that the medical stop bleeding and protect the wound from further contamination.
• If the bleeding is severe are pressing hard on the wound in an attempt to prevent the loss of a lot of blood.
• In all cases, must go to the specialist surgeon to complete the appropriate action.
But what is the appropriate action, which often deals by the surgeon?
• After cleaning the wound be sure that there are no deep infections must be dealt with first.
• it is often the right decision is sewing the wound in order to heal better and so is stop the bleeding.
It should be noted here that often sewing the wound with a suitable thread is much better than leaving it heal without stitching
Where the latter method leads to the emergence of an ugly wound.
However, the doctor may be forced to leave the wound without stitching over the injury if more than 6 hours to avoid a
Contamination inside the wound.
Nevertheless, there are alternatives to sewing less painful has given better results, such as:
• The use of adhesive tapes Alstrastervs.
• Use of medical glue (Aldermabond).
The advantage of these methods that it is not painful and do not require a drug ..
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