5 ways to pull a splinter out of your skin
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A splinter is a nuisance that can happen to every person, adult or child. A splinter brings a lot of inconvenience, it can not be seen, it hurts and pricks. The splinter can be small and penetrate deeply, fall into the feet or under the nails. How to pull out a splinter quickly and painlessly? There are proven and effective ways.
A splinter in the finger - how to pull it out
Human hands - this is the most important tool that performs many diverse actions and movements. Often it is required to pull a splinter out of the finger. It is important to know that the sooner a problem is detected, the easier and faster you will get rid of it.
Advice! Before you start pulling a splinter, you need to steam the skin with a hot bath or compress to make it loose and soft. Then the splinter will come out of the skin easier.
Using tweezers or a needle to remove the splinter suggests that its tip is clearly visible. Otherwise, it will not work to hook and pull the splinter. It is also necessary to prepare a disinfectant solution - alcohol or brilliant green. To better see what is happening, it is recommended to act in bright light and use a magnifying glass.
Procedure at home:
- The skin is pre-steamed, so that the tissues disperse, and the splinter becomes more visible and comes out faster.
- Tweezers or a needle (large sewing or medical from a syringe) should be treated with an alcohol solution.
- Disinfect with alcohol and the skin area in which the splinter is located.
- If tweezers are used, you need to hook the edge of the splinter and try to slowly pull it out.
- If a needle is used, it is necessary to pry off the splinter with the sharp end and try to pull it out of the skin layers.
- The resulting small wound should be treated with a healing ointment, for example, Bepanten or Boro Plus: then it will heal quickly and without complications.
Ichthyol ointment or Vishnevsky will allow removing a splinter from a finger without a needle. To do this, thickly smear the area of the skin where the splinter is located, and wait 15-20 minutes. Vishnevsky ointment and ichthyol ointment contribute to a good softening of tissues, and also have an elongating effect, which will help a splinter slip out of the layers of the skin in which it lies. However, it is necessary to press on the skin around the splinter so that it comes to the surface. To less injure soft tissue as soon as the tip appears, pick it up with tweezers and pull out the splinter completely.
Advice! If the house has a raiser with a thin nose, it will completely replace the tweezers and will be even more convenient.
Gruel from a small amount of water and soda will facilitate the extraction of splinter from the surface layers of the skin. To do this, briefly leave the mass on the affected area, then try to squeeze out or remove the foreign body with tweezers or a needle. It is important to be careful that the splinter does not go even deeper, otherwise it will be much more difficult to get rid of it.
How to pull out a deep splinter
The splinter penetrates deeply if it is sharp and shallow or is placed under the nails. How to pull out a splinter if it is deep in the foot, heel or nail? The nail is less sensitive to splintering than the skin, most likely it will come out on its own after a while.
Advice! If the splinter deep under the nail causes severe pain or is not visible, then it is better to consult a specialist. A surgeon or a traumatologist can easily and quickly relieve you of discomfort.
If the tip is visible, it will be possible to pull the splinter out from under the nail with a needle. Pre-disinfection of the instrument and the lesion will relieve possible complications.Under a magnifying glass and in good light, a splinter will become better visible, which will accelerate the result. It is necessary to try to pry off the splinter and bring it closer to the edge of the nail plate.
Adhesive tape (tape, tape or tape) will help get rid of brittle and small splinters on the feet and palms, for example, fiberglass, metal shavings, some varieties of plants. Before manipulation, you should wash your hands and the site of the splinter lesion, thoroughly dry your skin with a towel, but do not rub! Next, prepare the necessary piece of adhesive tape and stick it to the area affected by a splinter or splinter. After peeling off the tape, it is necessary to carefully examine it - a splinter should remain on the sticky part.
Using glue, you can pull a deep splinter out of your finger. For this, ordinary glue for paper and cardboard or PVA is suitable. The substance is applied to the area with a splinter, then you should wait about half an hour until the glue dries a little, and pull on the hardened part - slowly, so that the splinter comes out with the substance. Next, you need to remove the remaining glue and make sure that the splinter in the skin is not left. Otherwise, repeat the procedure.
Important! To remove the splinter, it is forbidden to use superglue!
Hypertonic solution will help get rid of a splinter, which is deep and poorly visible. The product is highly salted hot water. For cooking, take 2-3 tablespoons of salt and dilute in half or a whole glass of boiling water. When the solution stiffens, so that the skin can endure, you need to immerse the area with a splinter in the product or make a hot compress. Next, you need to apply a free bandage and wait until the splinter becomes visible better - then it can be removed with tweezers or a needle.
Useful information: Hot and concentrated saline solution, the medical name is "hypertonic solution", relieves swelling and inflammation, disinfects the skin and reduces pain.
After the splinter has successfully come out, you should wait for the bleeding to stop and treat the remaining wound with medical alcohol, hydrogen peroxide or chlorhexidine. If the scratch is superficial, then it will quickly and easily heal. A bactericidal substance - ointment or powder should be applied to a deep wound. If the splinter trace is in the fold area, a bandage bandage is recommended.
When a doctor needs help
At home, it is better to remove only those splinters that have fallen shallow into the skin. If a foreign body is in the face or neck, litter is in the eyes or respiratory tract, then urgent medical attention is needed. Emergency hospitalization is required if a splinter enters the nerve or muscle, which causes severe pain to a person and restricts movement.
Situations when medical assistance is needed:
- with repeated and unsuccessful attempts to independently remove the splinter;
- splinters in the eyes or in the periocular region;
- if the wound with a splinter is deep and contaminated;
- splinter caused by animals, obtained from meat or fish;
- tetanus vaccination has been carried out for a long time and there is a chance of infection.
Advice! Wood and organic splinters - chips, spines, dry grass, as well as splinters of animal origin - scales, claws, bones and so on - contribute to the development of infection. Splashes of inorganic materials - plastic, glass, metal - are painful in themselves, but they do not provoke an infection in the skin.
If the splinter is not completely removed, then suppuration is very likely. Among the main signs of infection are swelling, discharge, and severe pain, redness, local or general fever. You can’t deal with these symptoms on your own; a doctor’s consultation is needed here.
Without treatment, a small splinter can bring a lot of trouble. It is necessary to get rid of it quickly. If you can’t do this yourself, you should contact a specialist.Timely removed splinter is the prevention of infection and complications, the key to well-being and health.
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