Is a 1cm wound considered deep?

Although no one wants to get hurt, it is inevitable that some small accidents will happen in life and cause people to get hurt. If skin trauma occurs on the surface of a person's body, the severity of the injury can be judged based on the depth of the wound. And if you are injured, you must treat it in time to remove the bacteria on the wound. Some people’s injuries are only one centimeter deep. Are these wounds considered serious?

1. How to treat minor wounds

1. Clean the wound

Cleaning the wound can help us wash away the pollutants on the surface of the wound and play a certain role in sterilization and disinfection.

Generally, we can choose hydrogen peroxide to clean the wound. If there is no special reagent around, we can choose to rinse the wound with purified water and saline (100ml water plus 0.9g salt).

2. Disinfect the wound

You can choose alcohol or iodine to disinfect the wound. You can prepare some medical alcohol and iodine at home. When disinfection is needed, take a clean cotton swab and dip it in disinfectant, centering on the wound and applying disinfectant from the inside to the outside. Be careful not to use the same cotton swab repeatedly.

3. Bandage the wound

Many people don’t pay much attention to minor wounds, or think that wounds will heal more easily without bandaging them. In fact, bandaging wounds not only helps stop bleeding, but also prevents bacterial growth and helps wounds heal. If the wound is small, a band-aid will solve the problem.

4. Protect the wound

Since you are already injured, you must learn to protect the wound and protect yourself. Don't be too stubborn. Try not to let the wound come into contact with water before it heals. Even if you do get it in contact with water, wipe it dry immediately afterwards. Your body is your own. Only by caring for yourself in the small details can you have a healthy body. In addition, if you feel the wound is a bit serious, you can also take a few anti-inflammatory pills as a prevention measure.

5. Check the wound

Don't think that everything is fine after the wound is bandaged. There are dangers everywhere in life, and the wound may get infected. Therefore, when you change the band-aid, you can check your wound to see if there is redness, swelling or festering, and whether the situation is getting better or worse. Once you find a problem, you should seek medical attention immediately.

2. What to do if the wound becomes festering

Method 1 for treating wounds: If the wound is not seriously festering, you can apply some mercurochrome and disinfectant. The prerequisite is that you must first treat the wound and clean off the pus.

Second method of treating wounds: Salt can also be used if the wound becomes festering. Add ginger and salt into boiling water, wrap the festering wound with gauze, and steam the wound in the boiling water with salt until the water is no longer hot. This method is the simplest steam method, which is clean and convenient and usually lasts about 5 minutes.

The third method of treating wounds: If a small wound becomes festered, you can use a clean band-aid after treating the wound. Be sure to change the medicine regularly to prevent infection.