First Aid

I fell over a ladder yesterday, where my face hit an edge of the ladder. It left a gash about 1/4 inch on the top of my nose, where you can lift up the skin. I dressed the wound and wearing a band-aid.

Should I pull off the skin to heal (will expose the open wound under band-aid), or keep the skin on top of the injury to heal?
Thanks!

2007-08-12 07:44:45 · 6 answers · asked by Boomer 2

My husband works outside in brush alot and tends to break out often from this plant would like to have some suggestions on how to protect him from breaking out.

2007-08-12 03:18:57 · 5 answers · asked by justmej 2

Can anyone tell us what do for my husband's swollen finger? It has puffed up from an insect bite, but we can't actually see where the bite was (no stinger, etc...)

2007-08-11 19:34:49 · 4 answers · asked by DJP 2

My g/f have this really big misquito bite on her foot ,it is like a big swollen lump on her foot , i am wondering is it the west nile virus or just and allergic reaction to the misquito who bit her.

2007-08-11 18:55:46 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

It hurttts.
I was baking cookies..and then being the ditz i am i touch the HOT pan that i JUST took out of the oven. Smart right? yeah..


but should i put something on it?

2007-08-11 17:15:41 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

So, I was at the beach when I accidently swam into a nest of jellyfish. They stung me on my legs which, later turned into red, swollen, welts. I heard about peeing but I thought that was only a myth. Will I risk infection if I don't treat them? If anyone has any good cures please answer to this. Thank you.

2007-08-11 14:38:43 · 11 answers · asked by Allie 1

Right now (about an hour from the burn) the area is red and it is slightly raised and you can see the outline of the tip of the iron. Just wondering if it would be a first or second degree burn?

2007-08-10 17:34:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was in northern Wisconsin about a week ago and I got a couple of bites. I'm pretty sure they're spider bites. I started scratching one again today and they scab came off. Now I have this weird red mark around it. It doesn't itch anymore. And then I thought that it may be the early stages of Lyme's Disease, but there was never any tick at the site. I drew a line around the redness just to see if it will start to go down after a while. Does anyone have an idea of what this redness is from?

2007-08-10 13:47:13 · 6 answers · asked by justme75 2

Without any needles or injections. Using only typical household objects/materials? The purpose of this is to be able to painlessly remove pieces of skin. (kind of hard to explain)

2007-08-10 11:33:34 · 5 answers · asked by Daveykins 2

2007-08-10 10:54:11 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just got stung by a wasp in the middle of my forehead and its all swollen. What can i put on it iv tried loads but nothing has worked wen i got stung before?

2007-08-10 06:55:57 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-10 06:39:08 · 10 answers · asked by acron 1

I had a scab on my face for one week. The scab came off a week later and now i have a facial scar. Will it go away?

2007-08-10 04:17:35 · 1 answers · asked by brando 2

I'm in a cast now because I got surgery on my heel.
i'm getting cast off in about two weeks, and on that day i'm leaving for a camping trip..
can i go into the lake with my stitches?
and if the doctor ends up taking my stitches out on that day is that okay too?
is there something i should cover the area with so it dosent get infected?

thanks!

2007-08-09 15:31:45 · 3 answers · asked by blahblah10 2

In a day or so

thank you

2007-08-09 13:44:01 · 7 answers · asked by element69ca 1

We've been putting ice on it, but is there anything else we can do? Yes, he went to the ER

2007-08-09 04:44:44 · 9 answers · asked by prklram78 1

I went to a BBQ last weekend and got attacked by mosquitos.

I have never been biten like this in my life before! I've never had this type of reaction. The bites are red and raised, they look like welts. I must have at least 30 of them.

Right now I am using max. strength cortizone cream. But I still find myself scratching. I've also tried using ice on the bites. It relieves the itch for a little while.

Do you have any recommendations or home remedies to try?
I want these things to go away. I scar easily and I'm hoping I'm not permanently marked all over.

Thank you.

2007-08-09 02:17:13 · 8 answers · asked by rainydaysmile 4

This is really serious

2007-08-08 20:33:26 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

This happened to me last year, but to both big toes, at a different basketball camp - I just bought new shoes and it was all better. This time it's only my right big toe. It is swollen from the knuckle up, and pretty badly bruised from just below the cuticle and up. I was running/pounding/jumping etc at basketball camp when my toe started aching really badly...it hurt to even move really...so I took off my shoes/socks and it was all bruised. Now, about 10 hours later, it's even more bruised and hurts more, whether I move or not. I've been icing and elevating it, took some advil, and I bought new basketball shoes and cushioning socks to use for the rest of camp.

I was just wondering if anybody could give me advice about what else to do to treat it, or what is going to happen...how long to recover, will it hurt even more, is it maybe something worse than just a bruise, etc. All advice is appreciated! Thank you!

2007-08-07 16:02:27 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Last Wednesday I was sitting by the couch and i got bitten twice by something. Both bites had white heads and i popped them both. One is about the size of a dime and the other the size of a penny. One has scabbed over. They only hurt if you touch them. I haven't had much of an appetite and have felt strange and my stomach has been hurting. The bites before i popped the heads looked like pimples.

2007-08-07 14:08:29 · 6 answers · asked by Triple H 1

Do I have to go to the hospital for that injection, It's not very deep (I think)... ?

2007-08-07 08:14:48 · 4 answers · asked by B 4

i work in a bakery and yesterday at work i was slicing dough when i sliced my left index finger. the slice starts from the first place you can ben your finger and goes up to right under where the nail begins...the slice goes downwards so it gets kind of deep. I just woke up and the tip of my finger is kind of numb. is it infected?

2007-08-07 03:36:59 · 4 answers · asked by Sparkle77 1

Due to an accident a few layers of my skin peeled and I'm trying to heal it up as quickly as possible. What works?. I've got Antibiotic cream and a mixture of honey/lemon but some places say you should keep such woulds dry and covered whereas others say to use natural remedies such as the above.

Any help would be much appreciated!

2007-08-06 23:27:28 · 6 answers · asked by Andy 1

2007-08-06 18:53:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just pierced my ear. I think I hit a vein. Besides infection, will anything bad happen. Or is it normal for the ear to bleed when you pierce it?? I pierced the top part of my ear. I'm scared. Tell me I'm just over exaggerating.

2007-08-06 13:35:44 · 4 answers · asked by kate f 3

I got hit in the face with a paintball near my right eye (with goggles) and now when I talk sometimes my right ear rings. Will this go away over time?

2007-08-06 10:01:15 · 3 answers · asked by Big G 1

What would happen?

My husband cut his finger with a weed eater blade...

2007-08-06 07:52:43 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

My leg is quite red and hot and there is a patch of red where the bite took place. I initially put vodka on it but think I need something else

2007-08-06 06:11:48 · 34 answers · asked by londongate11 3

I helped my husband make some Salsa last night and my job was to cut the capson out (Hot veinsof the chillie out) of the chillie! I cut alot! Now my hands are on fire.
I tried washing them with soap,Ajax dish washing liquid, I tried dunking them in milk, I used shampoo, and exfoliator, and a lemon.
nothing is working! To top it off when I scrach something or touch something on my skin it starts to burn! Help this realy hurts!
Anyone ever had this problem before?

2007-08-06 03:55:51 · 12 answers · asked by Brina 1

How do you get rid of like 20 misquito bites that you cant find out how you got.

2007-08-06 03:03:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous