cut finger.... :/

Re: cut finger.... :/

xhappysvn21x — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 09:28:58 GMT

i not been bitten or sratched by a cat badly before but i did slice my skin on a dog food tin on the top of my knuckle of my finger :/ it was deep and bled lots. and whenever i moved my finger or wrote something using my right hand it would disturb it. it took 2months to heal just because of were it was situated.

which i had gone to a and e earler and had it sutured at the time. :/ nice scar, wont do tht again :)

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Sal the 1st — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:25:48 GMT

I love this stuff for clean cuts and nicks as its so much better than sticking a dressing on that gets wet and manky and orrible - but would only use it on a clean wound which isnt showing signs of nastiness, I woundnt want to trap any badness in - I am bad enough I dont need an extra

http://www.boots.com/en/Germolene-New-Skin-20ml-1-bottle_862956/

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les punton — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 22:17:48 GMT

have you tried 'splinting' it so you cant bend your finger just to give it enough time to start healing? try just a bit of micropore round the joint to prevent bending. Hope it heals soon!

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Honeybadger — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:19:07 GMT

That happened to me when I was bitten by a rat. There was a wound with approx 1/2 cm fat/tissue poking through. I left it to heal and eventually the tissue went hard and died and then fell off (sorry gross I know!)

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Julie-Anne Wilson — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 08:50:51 GMT

I've never been scratched so much at any job as I have at my current one. I seem to get scratched at least once a day. I've never ended up at the docs for scratches but have been for bites.

Phrin, I've got a couple scars right on my wrist from a crazy cat a couple months ago ~ they're very badly placed, lol. For weeks while they were still raw it looked really bad.

I agree that gloves are the way to go and keep a close eye on it.

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Phrin Vernon RVN — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:52:23 GMT

Yowch! :(

I would keep it covered too, wear gloves etc. Keep a close eye and if it starts swelling or you start to feel unwell get down the docs armed with info about cat scratch fever - just to make sure they take it seriously

I have been scratched by cats a fair few times with no probs, but I met a client whose young son ended up in intensive care due to cat scratch fever! Scary! Although rare - but just illustrates why docs should take such injuries seriously.

I have a scar on my right hand from a siamese cat castrate - he got one of his hind leg claws in me just as the saffan *eek* went in iv off the needle - I stupidly hung on for dear life, and now have a lovely 1.5" scar almost 10 years later

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fnewboult — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:56:18 GMT

Oooh looks ouchie! Personally if it keeps re-opening then I'd keep it covered with a waterproof plaster of the sort that you can leave on for a few days to give it a chance to heal (also wear gloves to protect it when doing things such as cleaning kennels, washing instruments etc). Keep an eye on it cos cats have all sorts of nasties in their claws (not surprising when you think of what they do with the things!). On the note of war wounds really wish I'd taken a picture of my rather gruesome looking finger after a ferret tried to make it his next meal, ended up with a lovely swollen finger with a rather fetching white bandage on courtesy of the local A&E dept. Still got little red marks several months after event and it's really only recently gone back to normal size and stopped being stiff to bend.