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I just cut my finger with a dirty old stanley knife blade, can I treat it on my own?
I just gashed my finger quite deeply with a blade that tend to use for sharpening pencils, oil pastels, as well as cutting through tin cans etc (I'm an artist). It's not very clean visually, but I don't know if it's got bastieria or infection on it. Anyway the cut was bleeding a lot, I've cleaned it and put teatree oil on it and now its got a band aid on it too, the bleeding has subsided more or less completely now i think. The cut had swollen a little bit and looked bruised sort of. Do you think I should go to a doctor or will it just heal by itself now?
Thanks for any adivce!
3 Answers
- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
Hello!
Yes. You should go to the doctor or even the hospital. Since it's a deep cut and it was gushing blood for a second, you might have hit an artery or a group of capillaries. And especially because you said it was a dirty art sharpener, your cut is 2x as prone to infection as if it were a clean blade. Go to the hospital even if it's not bleeding and they'll stitch it up and clean it. You might get a 'cast' for your finger!
Best of luck,
~Jelly.
Source(s): My grandfather was a Doctor, my grandmother was a nurse and my mom used to be a vetreinary's assistant. - Anonymous8 years ago
Disinfect it with some kind of antibacterial liquid. You should do this fast so you can't get a sepsis.
- 8 years ago
U must go to hospital and dress it...and take TT injection........u cant see some bacterias with naked eye............dont try to treat yourself.........it may lead to complications!!!!
Source(s): Personal experience
