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MOTH
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A piece of glass penetrated my foot
#4342925 - 06/27/05 12:26 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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There I was, minding my own business, walking across the bedroom floor, when I felt something stab into the bottom on my foot and then I 'fel't a weird popping noise. I look down, and there's this huge piece of glass embedded in my foot.
So I remove it and clean the wound, and realize that it goes at least 1/2 inch deep under the skin. Will I be okay if I just let it heal naturally? It doesn't really hurt (well, not really).
I think the glass is from a candle that I accidently broke. I was half-asleep, stumbling the bathroom, and ran straight into the dresser which flung it off and broke it.
They should make furniture with round corners. I'm so freaking clumsy. I'm the only person I know who has injured themselves falling up a flight of stairs. It's not an average day unless I trip over something or inadvertingly break something valuable at least twice in a 24 hour period. It is for this reason I am very paranoid in gift stores. So...many...delicate objects...to potentially destroy!
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Re: A piece of glass penetrated my foot [Re: MOTH]
#4342937 - 06/27/05 12:28 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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I would put a disinfectant cream on it before I covered it up with a band-aid, and re-do the entire process with new cream and band-aids quite often, for the first couple of days. Your feet come into contact with a lot of dirt!
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Re: A piece of glass penetrated my foot [Re: MOTH]
#4342939 - 06/27/05 12:29 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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yeah as long as the wound is not too open and you keep it clean you will be fine had a similar incident a few months ago
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Re: A piece of glass penetrated my foot [Re: MOTH]
#4342943 - 06/27/05 12:29 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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Can you bend all of your toes and move your foot normally? If so, I'd say you're ok. But if it won't stop bleeding, or you feel like you might need stitches for it to heal correctly, you could go to the ER or something. For now, I'd wrap it up really tight, and keep it elevated as high as you can so that it stops bleeding.
And stop walking into things.
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Re: A piece of glass penetrated my foot [Re: Liz]
#4342952 - 06/27/05 12:31 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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you'll be fine, puncture wounds heal well..as has been said keep it clean
super glue works wonders
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Re: A piece of glass penetrated my foot [Re: goobler]
#4342963 - 06/27/05 12:32 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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You just want to make sure you can move everything correctly, so that you know there's no tendon damage.
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MOTH
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Re: A piece of glass penetrated my foot [Re: Liz]
#4342976 - 06/27/05 12:36 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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Yeah, it bled for awhile but now it's stopped and my foot feels fine. I'm pretty used to stepping on stuff I shouldn't (like a snake for example that bit me in revenge) but I wasn't sure if you had to get a shot of some kind just for glass.
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Re: A piece of glass penetrated my foot [Re: Liz]
#4342982 - 06/27/05 12:37 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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true but a 1/2 puncture isnt bad
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Liz
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Re: A piece of glass penetrated my foot [Re: MOTH]
#4342987 - 06/27/05 12:38 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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Naw, you'd need a shot if it was metal. Glass is ok though. Make sure all the glass came out when you pulled the big piece out and there's none left in your foot. That would be bad.
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Re: A piece of glass penetrated my foot [Re: goobler]
#4342992 - 06/27/05 12:40 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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No need for a shot... if it wasn't metal.
If you are SURE there is no glass in your foot... which should be easy to notice, you can probably let it heal on its own. But, if there is infection well below the skin, only antibiotics will help it, and you will need to see a doctor.
You'll know if you need medical help, well before your foot falls off.
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Re: A piece of glass penetrated my foot [Re: Liz]
#4342993 - 06/27/05 12:40 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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why if it was metal?
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Re: A piece of glass penetrated my foot [Re: goobler]
#4342995 - 06/27/05 12:40 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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Tetnis
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Re: A piece of glass penetrated my foot [Re: goobler]
#4342997 - 06/27/05 12:41 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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Tetanus. It causes lockjaw...not pretty
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MOTH
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Re: A piece of glass penetrated my foot [Re: Liz]
#4342998 - 06/27/05 12:41 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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The other time I stepped on glass there was some left inside...which gave me several agonizing hours of poking around inside the wound with tweezers. I cried like a baby too.
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goobler
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Re: A piece of glass penetrated my foot [Re: Rose]
#4343003 - 06/27/05 12:41 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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please don't spread misinformation...metal has nothing to do with it just happens its a good way to cut yourself
FACT: Tetanus is caused by a toxin produced by a type of bacteria found worldwide in soil, dust and manure.
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Re: A piece of glass penetrated my foot [Re: Rose]
#4343004 - 06/27/05 12:41 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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*tetanus
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Re: A piece of glass penetrated my foot [Re: MOTH]
#4343007 - 06/27/05 12:42 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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I think you'll be alright. Just use antibiotic cream as suggested. Aloe works wonders too!
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Re: A piece of glass penetrated my foot [Re: Liz]
#4343012 - 06/27/05 12:43 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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I used to be pre med so I know my shit.
after you antiseptic the fuck out of it get some of that liquid bandage, the commercial makes it look really good.
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Rose
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Re: A piece of glass penetrated my foot [Re: goobler]
#4343013 - 06/27/05 12:43 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
goobler said: please don't spread misinformation...metal has nothing to do with it just happens its a good way to cut yourself
FACT: Tetanus is caused by a toxin produced by a type of bacteria found worldwide in soil, dust and manure.
Another fact, if you have not had a tetAnus shot within the last five years, and you get cut from old, oxidized metal... you should get a tetAnus shot ASAP.
-------------------- Fiddlesticks.
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Re: A piece of glass penetrated my foot [Re: Rose]
#4343031 - 06/27/05 12:46 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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its the bacteria not the metal but I agree with the prevention
http://www.nfid.org/factsheets/tetanusadult.html
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