Medical Conundrum

**Marknz** · 5th October 2004, 00:02

Go for a swim in the sea... that'll sort it out for ya

**ching_ching** · 5th October 2004, 07:19

Originally Posted by StoneChucker

Now I hear moist (by the way, moist, dark and warm are the ideal conditions for the growth of bacteria).

Lucky you didn't get injured on the bum. Under the above conditions you may very well find that you'll have a mushroom growin' outta your arse.

ching

**vifferman** · 5th October 2004, 07:22

Yeah, salt water. Or cut the fooker off.

Get Mummy to fix it for you.

**Blakamin** · 5th October 2004, 07:37

Get some of the stuff they use on burns... "mefix" or something... works wonders!
oh, and an aloe vera plant

**Hitcher** · 5th October 2004, 08:07

Originally Posted by StoneChucker

Don't you just love how, with a large skin surface injury to joints, say your knee, forming and keeping a scar is near impossible

Sit down for a few hours with knee bent, scar forms. Stand up, scar compresses and cracks, back to square 1.
Stand / lie for a few hours, scar forms. Sit down/bend scar stretches, cracks and back to square 1

Are you bored, mate? Try watching paint dry -- there's this new stuff that goes on pink but goes white as it dries. Watching the lawn grow also has a special fascination for some, particularly noting that C4 grasses recover more quickly after mowing than do C3 grasses.

**Pwalo** · 5th October 2004, 09:45

Sorry mate but you'll just have to wait it out. I don't think even Dr Costa could do much for this. Knees, elbows, shoulders always seem to cop it.

By the way how is your bruising. Last time I had an off I bounced the bike off my knee/thigh, and the deep bruising was really f&*^%% sore.

Do your best to keep sane.

**Magua** · 5th October 2004, 20:12

I had the same problem, it took months to heal. When a scab formed it was very weak and would fall off whenever I tried to wear pants. Kept me off of my bike for a month and a half. Still hasn't fully healed, my knee is a funny colour, could be a scar because it doesn't hurt.

**RiderInBlack** · 5th October 2004, 20:40

As an Ex RN I think your doctor sucks. Cell growth needs moisture not dryness. Especially considering that you wound is from a fiction burn. Sterile dressing is important and not destribing the wound too often will help to speed heeling. I like to use Manuka Honey on my wounds (has antiseptic qualities, feeds the new forming cells and keeps it moist). It speeds healing and no puss. Alovera is not to bad ether and there are some good wound healing gels. Keep a clean dressing over the wound. Change the dressing only if it gettings dirty or wet (bugs love a dirty wet dressing). Get a nurse to do the dressing (or show you how to do it). We are specially trained for this (not doctors, see them for the antibiotics). See the doctor if the wound gets hot, red, swells, has pus, and/or is painful. These are signs that the wound has got infected and you may need antibiotics or other medicial treatments.

**StoneChucker** · 6th October 2004, 12:29

Yeah, I went back for X-Rays last night, and the NURSE set me straight. They heal better when covered up, like you say. I'll be using OpSite dressings, which are sterile, and seal up nicely.

Fanx

**Paul in NZ** · 6th October 2004, 12:45

Harden up son....

I had an accident (insert favourite geological age here) ages ago and gravel rash (the deep down to the bone sort) on my ankle would not heal properly. A decent scab would not form...

Mad irish nurse decided it was time to sort this out.....

Out with the silver nitrate stick (I think)... Fark...... Like someone stubbing a cigarette out on your skin... made a nice scab REAL fast.... crickey it HURT. I used to break out in a sweat at the entrance to the hospital gates... put me off S&M I can tell you that!!!

Paul N

**StoneChucker** · 6th October 2004, 12:57

I AM hard

PS, don't don't be mean, I'm fragile :confused2 hhahahahahahaha

**RiderInBlack** · 6th October 2004, 14:56

Originally Posted by StoneChucker

Yeah, I went back for X-Rays last night, and the NURSE set me straight. They heal better when covered up, like you say. I'll be using OpSite dressings, which are sterile, and seal up nicely.

Fanx

Sweet as. It's good to see the nurse was on to it