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What Does Pinkish Pallor And Puffed Skin Around Knife Wound Indicate?

My fiance stabbed himself in the leg with the tip of a knife and now it s pink around it and slightly puffed up. We cleaned it with peroxide last night but don t know what else to do. It didn t go very deep. But enough that he probably needed one stitch
Mon, 24 Jul 2017
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Hi..
Thanks for the query..

As per your complain a knife stabbed injury with redness and slight swelling is a sign of inflammation secondary to soft tissue injury..
There can also be slight infection at the site of injury..
Nothing to worry, clean the area with antiseptic solution and apply a combination of triple antibiotic ointment and steroid ointment over it..
You can also do cool compresses to reduce inflammation..
In case if there is pain apply a numbing gel containing Lignocaine and take painkillers like tylenol or voveran [diclofenac]..
In case of no improvement in 3 to 4 days consult a general physician and get evaluated..

Hope this information helps..

Thanks and regards.
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What Does Pinkish Pallor And Puffed Skin Around Knife Wound Indicate?

Hi.. Thanks for the query.. As per your complain a knife stabbed injury with redness and slight swelling is a sign of inflammation secondary to soft tissue injury.. There can also be slight infection at the site of injury.. Nothing to worry, clean the area with antiseptic solution and apply a combination of triple antibiotic ointment and steroid ointment over it.. You can also do cool compresses to reduce inflammation.. In case if there is pain apply a numbing gel containing Lignocaine and take painkillers like tylenol or voveran [diclofenac].. In case of no improvement in 3 to 4 days consult a general physician and get evaluated.. Hope this information helps.. Thanks and regards.