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Pus Discharge From Stab Wound, Painful. How To Clean It For Now?
Hello, my boyfriend has a stab wound on the back of his neck from when he was 14 and it never really healed because he s a chuby guy and its in the slits of his neck. He s been to the hospital on many occasions but it s not helping. Right now its got puss gushing from it an d it hurts. I was wondering what could I do to clean it for now til we can get to the Dr.?
Wed, 20 Mar 2013
Hi,
Here is what you can do for now
1) Boil some water and dilute dettol /betadine and clean the area with it.
2) Try to use keep it clean and dry.
3) can apply powdered antibiotics around the wound
4) leave the wound open no closing with bandaid - (as will protect from anaerobic bacteria infection-due to oxygen )
5) take him to hospital as soon as possible
hope it helps,
Here is what you can do for now
1) Boil some water and dilute dettol /betadine and clean the area with it.
2) Try to use keep it clean and dry.
3) can apply powdered antibiotics around the wound
4) leave the wound open no closing with bandaid - (as will protect from anaerobic bacteria infection-due to oxygen )
5) take him to hospital as soon as possible
hope it helps,
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