Is it ok to leave a wood splinter in your finger?!
Question: Is it ok to leave a wood splinter in your finger!?
please answer right away and tell the truth!.!.!.10 points! today i got a wood splinter in my finger and it is almost half an inch long!. i cant get it out, but i can kind of see it under my skin!. is it ok to leave it there!? thank you so much!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
I would take it out!. It might get swollen or infected!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
If you can see it, usually you can just dig it out with a needle or pin (I use old bicycle spokes ground to a very sharp point on one end)!. If you are carefull, it will not hurt too much or be too bloody!. You only need to expose one end, then grab it with tweezers or needle nose pliers etc and pull it out
If you leave it in, usually it will develp some pus around the splinter and, after a while, you can slit into the abcess with an exacto knife and squeeze and usually the splinter and pus will just come right out together!. It's better to pull it out right away if at all possible as sometimes the infection can get quite nasty and painfull!.
You could also go to the doctor who, if necessary, can use a local anestetic (usually not necessary)!. I generaly find it least painfull if I dig them out my self!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
If you leave it in, usually it will develp some pus around the splinter and, after a while, you can slit into the abcess with an exacto knife and squeeze and usually the splinter and pus will just come right out together!. It's better to pull it out right away if at all possible as sometimes the infection can get quite nasty and painfull!.
You could also go to the doctor who, if necessary, can use a local anestetic (usually not necessary)!. I generaly find it least painfull if I dig them out my self!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Yes, you can leave it in there!. It will become infected and that will actually "work the splinter out"!. Your other option is to purchase "drawing salve" which you can ask your pharmacist for!. (It's over the counter but it goes by MANY names)!. It is a black ointment (sometimes called Black Salve)!. You put it on the splinter and cover it with a band-aide!. Do this for a few days and it will actually pull the splinter out!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
NOOO!! it will get infected!!! and it will kill!!! what u do is, (this will be painful for a min) take a needle a make a hole in your skin to get to the splinter, and then take tweezers to get it out!.!.!. this idea might sound crazy but i was in your situation many times and this is the way!! (or u can go to the doctor and he'll do the same thing) BUT DONT LEAVE IT IN!!Www@Answer-Health@Com
well you should never leave a splinter in your finger, that's unhealthy, and can cause for a latter serious infection!. you need to try to get it out with a needle!. it wall cause temporary pain, but at least it will be out!. (make sure you steralize it) (rubbing alachol/soap and water)Www@Answer-Health@Com
You can leave it alone and if it's deep you should!. Our bodies have a wonderful way of fixing the things we can't so it should work it self out but if after a few days it doesn't get any better i would see about having it removed!. It would only take a needle and a pair of tweezers!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I would take it out there is a chance of it getting infected!. You can try to get it out by soaking the finger in a bucket of HOT water then trying to remove it by either neail clippers or with tweezers!. If you cant get it out it will take any doctor 3-5 seconds to get it out!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
yeah it could get infected, so it's a good idea to take it out!. but if u leave it it'll become pussy and the splinter will come out on it's own, but thts the nasty way!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
NO! get it out! it will get infected eventually! try eye brow tweezers i get em out with that! GOOD LUCK! and i hope your finger gets betterWww@Answer-Health@Com
no it'll become infected and if it becomes REALLY infected u might have to lose some of your fingerWww@Answer-Health@Com
I would try to get it out because it could get infected but probably not!.
Hope this helps!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Hope this helps!Www@Answer-Health@Com
is it small!? where is it located!? how long has it been there!?Www@Answer-Health@Com