Not clotting, help?!
Question:
Not clotting, help?
so at 7 or so I was running track with my friends, when I tripped and flew flat on to my stomach, both my hands are pretty badly bruised, and even though it was 7 hours ago some of my cuts are not clotting, they are not bleeding profusley, just blood is still coming out Both my knees are cut and bleeding, and one knee is pretty badly swollen. My left shoulder has no skin. And my left hip is bleeding and there is pus is oozing I cleaned all my injuries, but there is still gravel in some of them, and they are still bleeding. Beisdes the blood and scratches, I hit the pavement hard so I am very badly bruised and my left wrist looks a little odd and hurts pretty badly I cleaned them and bandaged some, took advil and iced it, but even though it seems like a little kid inury that I should be able to deal with but I am in a lot of pain. It looks horrible I went to 7/11 and a guy behind the counter asked me who got me so wounded, I look like an abuse victim. What should I do for for the pain
Answers:
On a severe injury like you described, it's normal for the area to "seep" just a bit. As long as the blood is not gushing or dripping, you should be okay. Take more Advil for the pain and keep the areas bandaged, elevated and clean. Change the bandages daily or more often if warranted. You may want to have the doc take a look at your wrist.