Will soft tissue injuries become infected? It is important to take precautions.

Soft tissue injuries are very prone to infection, so prevention is important. Patients should avoid smoking and drinking, drink plenty of water, and maintain good hygiene. Severe cases may cause ulcers and necrosis, so they must be checked and treated in a timely manner and scratching should be avoided.

1. Prevention of soft tissue injury infection

1. Avoid smoking and drinking, and eat less sweets, greasy and spicy foods.

2. Drink more water, and often drink mung bean soup, honeysuckle tea, and chrysanthemum tea, which have the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying, clearing the heart and relieving summer heat.

3. Develop good hygiene habits, such as taking a bath frequently, washing hands frequently, cutting nails frequently, and changing clothes and bedding frequently.

4. Keeping the skin dry and clean and the sweat glands unobstructed are effective measures to prevent suppurative infections in the body.

5. Try to prevent bites from mosquitoes and insects, and avoid cuts and punctures from glass and nails, as well as burns from water or fire, to prevent infection.

6. People with itchy skin diseases must actively seek treatment, avoid scratching, and do not squeeze pus at will to prevent the spread of inflammation.

2. Symptoms and Signs

Redness, swelling, increased skin temperature, tenderness, nodules, lumps or red and painful strips that spread centripetally, whether there is local fluctuation, necrosis, ulcers and functional disorders, etc. Pay attention to whether there is enlargement of regional lymph nodes. Are there similar lesions in other parts of the body? Active tinea manuum and pedis.

3. Diagnostic examination

1. Medical history

Ask whether the affected area is red, swollen, hot, or painful, as well as its occurrence and development, whether there is fever and its degree, and whether there has been any local trauma before the onset of the disease. In addition, you should also pay attention to asking whether the patient has tinea manuum and tinea pedis; whether the patient has varicose veins in the lower limbs and the extent of the varicose veins; and whether the patient has a history of tuberculosis and diabetes. 2. Physical examination

Check whether there is local redness, swelling, increased skin temperature, tenderness, nodules, lumps or red and painful strips that spread centripetally; check whether there is local fluctuation, necrosis, ulcers and functional disorders; pay attention to whether there is enlargement of regional lymph nodes. Are there similar lesions in other parts of the body? Whether there is active tinea manuum and tinea pedis.

3. Laboratory testing

Check blood routine and blood sugar if necessary, because diabetic patients are prone to skin and soft tissue infections.

4. Special inspection

When the diagnosis is difficult to make, ultrasound examination and/or diagnostic puncture can be performed. Deep abscesses must exclude tuberculous abscesses, aneurysms and tumors. 5. Bacteriological examination

When general treatment is ineffective, smear examination of wound secretions and abscess puncture fluid, bacterial culture and drug sensitivity test should be performed. Perform anaerobic bacterial culture when necessary. Blood cultures and drug sensitivity tests should be performed when sepsis is suspected.