What to do if there is glass shard in the meat

In daily life, everyone is bound to suffer minor injuries, such as a bruised knee, a scratched hand, etc. Therefore, every family has a small medicine box in case of emergency. Glass products can be found everywhere in our homes. People get scratched by glass for various reasons, and sometimes there are glass shards stuck in their flesh. This should be dealt with as soon as possible, otherwise it will cause inflammation. So what should we do if there are glass shards in the flesh?

1. Go to the hospital to clean the wound and observe whether there is any foreign object in the wound. Apply sterile dressing. Avoid future inflammation. Usually pay attention to keep clean, iodine disinfection, to avoid infection.

2. After foreign body damage, if you can see the glass, it is recommended to take it out in time. If there is obvious pain and you are sure there is still glass inside, you can go to the hospital's surgery department and give local anesthesia to take it out, which will reduce the pain. If the wound is picked out and the skin is damaged, it will hurt when pressed. You can disinfect it with iodine, but do not soak it in water. If there is a foreign body sensation and obvious pain when pressing, it is recommended to go to the hospital for treatment, which can be disinfected reliably and reduce infection.

3. If it can be seen, it should be able to be taken out. After removal, the wound must be disinfected and bandaged with sterile bandage. It is recommended to get a tetanus shot.

4. It is recommended to perform local debridement, repeated washing with saline and hydrogen peroxide, disinfection with iodine, elevate the affected limb, reduce edema, take cefaclor capsules, blood circulation and pain relief capsules, ibuprofen sustained-release capsules orally, and take tetanus antitoxin.

5. It is always not good to have foreign objects inside the body, as it will cause pain and local infection, so it must be removed as soon as possible. There are many ways to obtain it. The first is to obtain it with the assistance of imaging, which is more troublesome. Second, you can wait until a local microabscess is formed or wrapped before taking it out.

6. In this case, the foreign body must be removed, otherwise the foreign body remaining under the skin may cause repeated infection and pain with movement. Impact on daily activities