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Peter · Oct 15, 2006, 11:13 AM

I grazed my hand on a brick wall a few days ago, I washed it and put a plaster on it -- the next day i washed it again and put a bandaid thing on it. I took the bandaid off yesterday and the graze is uhh, yellow.
And it looks infected. There is a scab, but there is definatley pus underneath it.
Any tips on what to do?

ghporter · Oct 15, 2006, 11:18 AM

Scab with thin, watery liquid, slightly yellow: slather a tripple antibiotic ointment (Neosporin or suitable substitute) all over it and leave it open.

Scab with not-thin, oozy, yellow-white stuff: clean thoroughly, slather tripple ointment all over it, and SEE A DOCTOR!

There's no telling what was on that brick wall. Get it seen if there's any doubt at all.

analogika · Oct 15, 2006, 11:18 AM

Call me weird or spoiled by what some morons might term "socialism", but

"go see a doctor"

was the first thing to come to mind...

Peter · Oct 15, 2006, 11:21 AM

it isnt that serious (afaik).

analogika · Oct 15, 2006, 11:26 AM

yet.

Peter · Oct 15, 2006, 11:28 AM

Originally Posted by ghporter

Scab with thin, watery liquid, slightly yellow: slather a tripple antibiotic ointment (Neosporin or suitable substitute) all over it and leave it open.

Scab with not-thin, oozy, yellow-white stuff: clean thoroughly, slather tripple ointment all over it, and SEE A DOCTOR!

There's no telling what was on that brick wall. Get it seen if there's any doubt at all.

it was yellowy, watery liquid, but it appears to have dried into a scab of sorts.
washed it again with soap, tomorrow will go see medic at work.

jasong · Oct 15, 2006, 02:17 PM

Keep it clean, and use neosporin (topical antibiotic). If you don't have a fever or excessive redness radiating from the area or swelling, you should be fine.

For those of us who don't speak english, what's a plaster?

Oisín · Oct 15, 2006, 02:38 PM

For those of us who don't speak english, what's a plaster?

Band-Aid.

bstone · Oct 16, 2006, 02:59 AM

most docs I know say NEVER to use those antibiotic ointments. They say that most bacteria are utterly resistant to those creams and they only provide a stick place for germs to attach to and work their way to the site of body entry.

- - e r i k - - · Oct 16, 2006, 03:06 AM

Originally Posted by jasong

Keep it clean, and use neosporin (topical antibiotic). If you don't have a fever or excessive redness radiating from the area or swelling, you should be fine.

For those of us who don't speak english, what's a plaster?

Band-Aid� is a registered trademark of Johnson & Johnson for their adhesive bandages used to cover small wounds. However, much of the consuming public in the United States, Canada, Brazil and Australia uses the term band-aid generically, to refer to any such adhesive bandages (see genericized trademark). Such bandages are better known in many parts of the world as an 'adhesive plaster', 'sticking plaster' or simply 'plaster'

.

Other translations that might be handy down the track:

copy = xerox
tissue = kleenex
mp3-player = iPod

analogika · Oct 16, 2006, 03:12 AM

cello-tape/cellophane tape = Scotch tape
walkman = Walkman

zro · Oct 16, 2006, 04:08 AM

Well then what the hell do you call plaster you use on a wall? I'd have guessed a "cast" would be called a "plaster"...

Oh, and carbonated sugar water = coke

Peter · Oct 16, 2006, 04:35 AM

plaster = plaster

sek929 · Oct 17, 2006, 12:55 PM

Ok, I cut my hands on, well, pretty much a daily basis.

Wash it, dress it, repeat every day.

Otherwise don't "see a doctor" and waste their time, humans should be able to take care of their minor scrapes and cuts.

I had one deep scrape that actually healed OVER an infection, hurt like hell for a few days, but once the upper scab peeled off it healed within days.

I heal VERY quickly, and unless the wound becomes very red and infected all around the area, I never use any neosporin or other comprable product. The best thing you can do is train your immune system to take care of itself.

My $.02

Rumor · Oct 17, 2006, 01:07 PM

You should get it looked at. One never knows what could happen.....

Monique · Oct 17, 2006, 01:27 PM

Why do you want to be diagnosed online. Go see a doctor.

Y3a · Oct 17, 2006, 01:47 PM

Also try peroxide and when it stops fizzing, dab it dry and use Betadine. keeping it less moist is good too, as we evolved to have our scabs in the open air.

kmkkid · Oct 17, 2006, 02:14 PM

I'd never heard the term 'plaster' relating to a band-aid before.

Monique · Oct 17, 2006, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by kmkkid

I'd never heard the term 'plaster' relating to a band-aid before.

It is a British expression. If you ever listened to British TV you would have heard it before.

SSharon · Oct 17, 2006, 02:56 PM

Originally Posted by Monique

It is a British expression. If you ever listened to British TV you would have heard it before.

Possibly from the time of the british mandate, but we called it a plaster in Israel when I took my EMT class there.

kmkkid · Oct 17, 2006, 03:03 PM

I can't say I've ever had the need to watch british TV.

Does coronation street count? I've watched that once I think. Oh and Mr. Bean.

- - e r i k - - · Oct 18, 2006, 01:23 AM

Originally Posted by kmkkid

I'd never heard the term 'plaster' relating to a band-aid before.

I've never heard the term MP3-player refer to an iPod before.