Spike's Bitches 22: You've got Angel breath
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
I might occasionally douse it in hydrogen peroxide, but I'm not sure how crazy I am to do that. Most of the time, when I get a scrape, I just blot the blood and then ignore it. I might be crazy.
Well, I did that the first couple of days, to keep the initial wound clean, but my doctor last year told me Hydrogen Peroxide is really over used and can irritate good skin healing processes.
Most of the time, when I get a scrape, I just blot the blood and then ignore it. I might be crazy.
I would be to do that, now that I have diabetes. One has to really keep a lookout for wounds, as diabetes can wreak havok with the infection. (As I found out last year by having an untended leg scratch put me in the hospital for five days)
One has to really keep a lookout for wounds, as diabetes can wreak havok with the infection.
That's why I'm glad you're keeping a real close eye on it. You said there was a little pus, which is okay if it's really just a little. I would, as I mentioned, keep antibiotic salve on it and if clothes chafe too much, then bandage it, but loosely so air can still get to it.
A really tiny blob, SailAweigh maybe 1/8 inch across. Gentle manipulation produced another 1/16th inch blob, then nothing.
I would, as I mentioned, keep antibiotic salve on it and if clothes chafe too much, then bandage it, but loosely so air can still get to it.
That's pretty much my plan of action, I had leftover pantyliners and maxi pads from my leg wound last year, as well as more conventional wound fixins.
The jury is pretty much in on cuts; the evidence is that they heal best under a bandage. I've become a big fan of the new "advanced healing" bandaids that stay on for several days, but they don't work for big scrapes. Scrapes do seem to heal best for me without a bandage. For scrapes, I've started using the Bactine Pain Relieving Cleansing Spray.
I'm hoping to get caught up on some of the work I didn't do last week when I was having some kind of evil stomach malady. I also need to make cheese straws to take to a party tonight. I should also get outside for a while; it's very shiny out there.
The question is, am I right in removing the bandages and letting it dry out? Is that the proper treatment? The net seems to have conflicting information.
My grandmother would say yes. The most recent information I have heard from wound specialists says no. They also say no to hydrogen peroxide.
Personally, I trust my grandmother more, overall.
That said, my dad had a skin cancer removed from his leg, the year before he died. It was not healing well, due to poor circulation, albeit not related to diabetes. He had to go on
antibiotics. It was still giving him trouble. Finally, his doctor prescribed visits from a visiting nurse specializing in wound treatment. She said the peroxide is an irritant, and that the wound should be kept as moist as possible.
I know you don't have insurance right now Daniel, but maybe you could call whomever was treating you for your diabetes, and ask their advice. Explain your insurance situation, and say the wound seems to be okay, but that you want to be as careful as possible.
SailAweigh has an unfortunately truncated new tag. If chocolate is the food of the gods, and Coke is the nectar of the gods, that explains why Snickers and Coke go so well together.
Oh, carp. Thanks for pointing that out P-C. I must have exceeded the word limit and not realized it. Why can't the box be only big enough to fit the number of characters allowed?
Dan, you know (probably better than I do) that the issue with scrapes/cuts/general flaying in diabetics is that the diabetes can slow or impair wound healing.
But it sounds to me like this particular scrape *is* healing as it should, AND you're keeping an eye on it now that you know what to look for. My feeling is keep it uncovered as long as, like you said, the area around the scab isn't all red and sore, and as long as clothes don't irritate it.
You're a good patient, and, unless you're faking us out, you've done a lot of reading on what you need to keep an eye out for with diabetes (and it's kinda hard to fake having knowledge -- faking being dumb is a LOT easier
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). It sounds like you're doing exactly the right thing for it.
Sometimes it just takes awhile to scab over, when it's a big scrape and in a flexible place--I know when I scraped the hell out of my hands falling down the stairs a few months ago, it took nearly a week for them to really start healing.
Yay for hot pancake date, Kate! And maybe some...pancake kisses? :)
