Mechanical action on the skin causes damage to all its layers. The result is a wound. The occurrence of such damage is always accompanied by bleeding.
Wounds vary:
- by type (chopped, cut and torn);
- in size (large and small);
- in depth (reaching the bone, affecting the joints and nerve endings).
What should be done in case of damage?
Everyone is exposed to mechanical effects on the skin, so it is very important to know how to treat a wound.
Any damage must be cleaned of dirt with wet wipes with an antibacterial effect or a piece of clean cloth dipped in alcohol. If these funds are not at hand, then you can use clean water. Depending on the cause of the damage, you need to know how to treat the wound.
If injury occurs as a result of acid, it is washed with water, to which soda is added. If the damage was the result of contact with alkali, then use a weak solution of vinegar. It is recommended to fill the wound with hydrogen peroxide, which will lift up the dirt along with the foam. It is advisable to lubricate the skin around the damage with alcohol, brilliant green, potassium permanganate solution or iodine. These products should not be exposed. Contact with injured skin can cause burns. After this, a bandage is applied. For this purpose, you can use gauze, bandage or any clean cloth. With severe pain, it is advisable to take an anesthetic.
Small wounds or abrasions should be periodically treated with hydrogen peroxide, which is a good disinfectant. You can also use for this purpose a pale pink solution of potassium permanganate.
Lingering damage can be treated with drugs that inhibit bacterial growth. Those are Vishnevsky ointment, Levomikol and many others.
Tips from folk healers
Alternative medicine also gives advice on how to treat a wound. Any damage tightens the tincture of pine needles or cedar. To prepare this remedy, one hundred grams of pine needles are poured with a glass of vodka and kept for a week in a dark place. Strained tincture perfectly heals any wounds. Heals and disinfects honey damage quickly. It can be used instead of brilliant green or iodine.
If the injury occurred during a summer vacation in the country, then instead of a bandage, you can attach the juicy side of the ash bark to the damaged skin. With a bleeding wound, the crushed bark of young branches or mashed berries of viburnum will perfectly help. The answer to the question of how to treat a wound with pus in it can also be found in alternative medicine. An infusion of two tablespoons of a whitehead on a glass of boiling water is ready for twelve hours. This solution is washed the wound three to four times a day.
If you do not know how to treat a purulent wound, we recommend resorting to a simple recipe for making a healing ointment. Mix four parts of melted pork fat and one part of liquid heated in a water bath of beeswax and spruce resin. Dressings are done several times a day, applying a thick layer of ointment to a clean cloth. Any housewife should know how to treat a wound accidentally received in the kitchen. It is necessary to pour cinnamon powder on the damaged tissue, which has good bactericidal properties. The dressing applied to such a wound will never stick and can be easily changed.
A dressing from crumpled sow thistle leaves helps with purulent wounds.
In order for the wound to heal faster and no scars form on the skin, the damaged tissue is lubricated with a mixture made of vegetable oil and flowers of medicinal calendula.