What do I do about this injury?

Question

Today, I was hanging out with my friend, Tony. He asked my ex-husband and me if we wanted to go out back to his shed and knock around his Everlast punching bag. This is because he has been in the military for a while before being discharged for assault charges in a training exercise gone awry, and I'm a pretty small girl who needs to learn to fight properly. Tony and I are very close, knowing each other for a number of years now. Since he is my best friend, he is my toughest critic, knowing everything about me. Well, I was nervous, and didn't do so well under his instruction. So, he took the wraps off my hands, put them on his own and practiced a while before going in the house to check on his younger siblings. So I had my ex-hubby hold the bag and seriously began doing exactly what Tony told me to.

For a girl my size, I know how to throw a good punch and do so fairly hard, since I mostly grew up a tomboy. In the process of throwing these punches bare handed, I skinned my knuckles quite a bit on the bag.
What do I do to treat these injuries?

Answer 1

Clean it with mild soap and water and wrap your knuckles with some gauze bandaging. Keep the bandages clean and lay off the punching bag for a couple of weeks and let the skin heal.

Answer 2

Found on WebMD on cleaning wounds. Hope this helps.

Before cleaning the wound:
Wash your hands well with soap and water, if available.
Put on medical gloves before cleaning the wound, if available.
Let the injured person clean his or her own wound, if possible.
Use your bare hands to clean the wound only as a last resort.
Rinse the wound:
If you are not going to see your health professional immediately, rinse the wound for at least 5 to 10 minutes. Use a large amount of water under moderate pressure (faucet at least halfway open). Cool water may feel better than hot water on a wound. Washing the wound will remove as much dirt, debris, and bacteria as possible which will reduce the risk for infection. If you have a water sprayer in your kitchen sink, try using the sprayer to wash the wound. This usually removes most of the dirt and other objects from the wound. Avoid getting any spray from the wound into your eyes.
Large, deep, or very dirty wounds:
Large, deep, or very dirty wounds may need to be evaluated by a health professional for a thorough cleaning and evaluation for stitches or antibiotic treatment. If you think that treatment by a health professional may be needed, see Are stitches, staples, or skin adhesives necessary?
If you are going to see a health professional immediately, the wound can be cleaned and treated at the medical facility.
Minor wounds can be cleaned at home.
For mild bleeding, clean the wound first and then stop the bleeding.
Remove large pieces of dirt or other debris from the wound with cleaned tweezers. Do not push the tweezers deeply into the wound.
Wash the wound with a large amount of water to remove all the dirt, debris, and bacteria from the wound. Cool water and mild soap, such as Ivory dishwashing soap, are the best. (Note: If you are cleaning a wound near the eye, do not get soap products in the eye.)
Hold the wound under cool running tap water; the more water, the better. Scrub gently with water, soap, and a washcloth. (Moderate scrubbing may be needed if the wound is very dirty.) Hard scrubbing may actually cause more damage to the tissue and increase the chance of infection. Scrubbing the wound will probably hurt and may increase bleeding, but it is necessary to clean the wound thoroughly.
If you have a water sprayer in your kitchen sink, try using the sprayer to wash the wound. This usually removes most of the dirt and other objects from the wound. Avoid getting any spray from the wound into your eyes.
Large minor dirty wounds may be easier to clean in the shower.
If some dirt or other debris remains in the wound, repeat the cleaning process:
Try to remove the debris with clean tweezers.
Scrub again with a washcloth.
If the wound starts to bleed, apply steady direct pressure to stop the bleeding.

Answer 3

You really took a while to get to the point, didn't you? Wash your hands with water and antibacterial soup and put some neosporin on the sores. Keep them covered until they heal.

Answer 4

Put antibiotic cream on them and then ice them. They should get better in about a week if they are really bad. It might take a bit longer depending on how deep the cuts are.

Answer 5

If all you have is skinned knuckles, wash them completely and put neosporin on them.