The 3-year-old girl Huan Huan (pseudonym) lives in Caidian. A month ago, when Huan Huan was playing alone at home, she accidentally injured the ring finger of her left hand. After a week of treatment at the community hospital, the grandmother found that the gauze on the child's wound had fallen off, so she reinforced it with a rubber band and banded it with a band, and then wrapped it around a band with a band. Unexpectedly, because the wound was improperly bandaged, the finger waschemia turned black, and eventually the finger could only be amputated. On the 18th, the hand surgery team of Union Hospital performed surgery on the child and is expected to be discharged soon.
Netizen comments
Nowadays, small Band-Aids are regarded by many people as "golden oil", no matter how big or small the injuries, the wounds are deep or shallow, all of them are pasted. As everyone knows, the use of Band-Aids in some wounds will only aggravate the infection and delay the disease.
Band-aids are mainly composed of benzalkonium chloride, elastic fabrics, adhesives, non-woven absorbent pads and PE barrier films, which have breathable fibers on the surface in contact with the wound, good stretchability, hemostasis, broad-spectrum sterilization, and do not adhere to the wound, which can reduce the chance of infection. Therefore, when the skin is traumatized and a small wound bleeds, the Band-Aid can indeed play a role in stopping bleeding and protecting the wound.
However, Band-Aids are only suitable for small wounds with superficial trauma, neat and clean wounds, little bleeding and no need for suturing, and cannot be used if:
Small and deep wounds Small and deep wounds are band-aids that are not conducive to the discharge of secretions and pus from the wound. It is easy to make bacteria grow and multiply, cause or aggravate infection, especially easy to infect with anaerobic bacteria such as tetanus bacilli.
Burns The skin that appears after the burn and the running water cannot be used with Band-Aids, otherwise the secretions will promote infection.
When there is a foreign body in the wound, the Band-Aid should not be attached immediately, but should be debridement or removal of the foreign body in the hospital and then bandaged. Some wounds are more contaminated, or even infected, and it is even more impossible to use a Band-Aid to cover the wound, otherwise it will cause or aggravate the infection.
If you are injured by iron nails and blades, your fingers and toes are accidentally injured, especially when there is rust on the nails and blades, you cannot simply bandage things with Band-Aid. Be sure to clean first, then keep the wound exposed to prevent infection, and get tetanus vaccine in the hospital as soon as possible.
Animal scratches and bites Wounds that are scratched and bitten by animals, if a Band-Aid is used, can cause germs to accumulate or spread within the wound. Therefore, whether it is bitten or scratched by a pet at home or a small animal outside, you should first rinse it with soapy water a few times, then disinfect it with iodophor to expose the wound and go to the hospital for rabies vaccination.
Various skin boils Band-aid is not conducive to the absorption and drainage of pus, but is conducive to the growth and reproduction of bacteria, therefore, boils can not use Band-Aids.
People who are allergic to adhesive tape People with a history of tape allergy are not uncommon in the clinic, which is manifested as itching, redness and many small blisters on the skin at the adhesive tape. Therefore, people with a history of Band-Aid or tape allergies should choose other methods of hemostasis, or choose a special hypoallergenic tape.
Band-Aid correct usage
In general, if there is only a slight epidermal abrasion, there is no need to use a Band-Aid, as long as it is disinfected with iodine or alcohol, which can prevent infection. Even if you need to use a Band-Aid wound, do not paste a thing, you need to pay attention to clean the wound before use, and disinfection; bandaging can not be too tight, so as not to cause the wound infection to be aggravated; the Band-Aid should be replaced immediately after being soaked with water, otherwise it is easy to seep water, causing wound infection; at least once a day, because the tape is not breathable, pasted for too long, it will make the skin pores blocked for a long time, easy to cause local skin permeability, resulting in discomfort. If the wound is found to have symptoms such as fever, unbearable pain, swelling and aggravation, it may be a wound infection, and you should immediately go to a regular hospital for treatment.
Source: Beiwan New Visual Comprehensive Polar News, Science and Technology Daily, Netizen Comments