What should I do if my skin wound becomes festering?

Skin injuries are a very common problem. We need to protect the wound and try to prevent infection. However, there are special circumstances, such as when the wound is exposed to water or other liquids, bacteria may enter the wound and affect wound healing. Sometimes we cannot fully take care of our wounds and may encounter unexpected situations, so sometimes the wounds will become festering. What should we do with festering skin wounds? Today we will analyze in detail what measures can be taken to restore festering wounds.

If the patient's small wound has mild symptoms of suppuration, you can use normal saline to clean the wound, apply iodine or other disinfectants after cleaning, and then bandage it with sterile gauze.

If the patient's wound is severely festering, drainage of the wound is necessary to remove the pus from the wound. The sutured wound needs to have the sutures removed to allow adequate drainage.

If the granulation tissue at the patient's wound is not fresh, timely debridement is required to remove necrotic tissue and pus from the wound, and routine dressing changes should be performed after cleaning. For some more serious ulcerated wounds, Chinese medicine dressing treatment such as Yu’s Wound Healing Recipe can be used to increase the speed of wound healing.

For some purulent wounds, targeted antibiotics can be selected for auxiliary treatment based on the results of pus culture.

Precautions for minor wound suppuration

If the patient's wound suppuration symptoms recur, he needs to go to the hospital in time to check whether there are deep lesions and treat them fundamentally. During the wound healing period, pay attention to diet conditioning and protect the wound.

1. First moisten the wound with saline cotton balls or gauze, and then clean the wound with saline cotton balls;

2. If there is necrotic tissue, use sterile tissue scissors to cut away the necrotic tissue;

3. Apply iodine to the cleaned (treated) wound surface and wait for it to dry;

4. Spray (apply) "Kangfuxin Liquid" on the wound surface;

5. The above procedures can be performed twice a day, once a day or once every two days depending on the condition of the wound. Since all materials must be sterilized and the injured have not received professional training, it is recommended to go to the hospital's outpatient department for treatment.

From the above content, we know what to do if skin wounds become festering. There are many specific ways to treat wounds. What we need to pay attention to is to try not to let the wound fester. However, to treat festering wounds, special medical supplies are needed. Pay attention to hygiene and cleanliness to avoid wound infection. If the wound is seriously infected, timely treatment is required.