my stupid class mate stabbed me with a mechanical pencil near my shoulder its not a very deep cut but will i get infected? it still hurts it looks like a stich bacuse he dragged the pencil down
2007-04-26 10:22:10 · 6 answers · asked by iana0895 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
i mean stitch
2007-04-26 10:24:27 · update #1
No, your body will fight the infection and treat the wound. (If you have an infection).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibodies
Pencils nowadays are made of graphite and clay.
http://www.pencils.com/
2007-04-26 10:25:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
pencil leads are not made of lead, they are made of carbon. So, you won't get lead poisoning, however, you could get an infection in the wound, clean it well with soap and water, put a dab of antibiotic ointment on it and cover it with a bandaid, do that every day for three days. If it isnt better by then, time to see a doctor.
2007-04-26 17:25:41 · answer #2 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO you will not those mechanical pencils dont contain real lead its just harmless graphite BUT if it were me i would have done the same or worse to them lol
hope this helps
2007-04-26 17:26:56 · answer #3 · answered by =) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, because pencils nowdays are made with graphite and not lead because kids would axcidentally eat the lead or have something like your situation happen. graphite isn't dangerous. you'll be fine.
2007-04-26 17:25:41 · answer #4 · answered by milan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You won't get lead poisoning, but you need to put some ointment on it. Try putting a band-aid on it also. I hope you told someone what your classmate did. That wasn't cool at all.
2007-04-26 17:28:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's graphite... but i would find some lead and stab your classmate with it. haha
2007-04-26 17:30:12 · answer #6 · answered by Rebekah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋