It's on the side/back of his baby toe, but it goes from the tip of his toe down to the base of his toe, then wraps around and covers the entire pad of his toe, and part of his foot "pad" almost to the webbing inbetween his toes...I mean it's HUGE. Friday it was filled as large as his toe so I did use a pin (sterilized) to relieve the pressure instead of having it pop on it's own. Now, 4 days later, it's all purple and red, and it looks like other little blisters are forming. He's a daycare baby so he has to wear shoes (i'm lubing it with neosporin and a bandaid). How can I keep this from getting worse (as in infected)? I've never seen a blister this bad! He's been wearing shoes for months!
2006-11-14 03:08:44 · 5 answers · asked by Jen-Jen 6 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ First Aid
Seriously, I believe I would take him to the doctor. When I worked at dermatologist there was a lady that came in with big clear fluid filled blisters and they were some kind of bacterial infection and she had to take oral antibiotics. If nothing else a doctor could probably give you a note to let him in school with socks only until it heels. I really hope that he feels better. Good Luck.
2006-11-14 03:15:58 · answer #1 · answered by bess 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would take him to a doctor. The blister(s) sounds like it is infected. If it doesn't heal right, the resulting scar tissue or underlying damage could affect his ability to walk right later. Until you see a doctor, you should not put shoes on the foot until it is healed. You are aggravating the problem.
Also you don't say "how" he got such a huge blister. That kind of problem doesn't just happen. It could be the shoes are the problem...too small OR too large causing rubbing. But you really need to find out. That is just not normal.
2006-11-14 04:31:30 · answer #2 · answered by kathy_is_a_nurse 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you should probably take him to the pediatrician. You probably shouldn't have popped the blister, it sounds like it's infected now. Keep it clean & keep putting neosporin on it until you can get him to the doctor. It's also possible he has some sort of foot fungus.
2006-11-14 03:17:32 · answer #3 · answered by vkb354 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
firstly im not a medic to advice you about it, my advice is to take him to a doctor as soon as possible, there might be possiblity that if you dont take relevent acction, your baby might loose the toe, so better see a doctor or a nurse as soon as you can, dont waste time
2006-11-14 03:16:16 · answer #4 · answered by senaka76 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
http://www.sportsinjurybulletin.com/archive/skin-blisters.html
Or ask a physician
2006-11-14 09:42:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋