got bitten on monday

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feeling sorry for myself, it is sore and throbbing and tender, have had tetnus and on antibiotocs since tuesday am got bitten monday am.
have had a salt bath, been poulticing, put emla cream on it,have tried to soften and remove scabs but it hurts too much and makes me feel sick (when I broke my collar bone and went to a and e they found out I had broken it twice before so pain threshold is usually fairly high).

the bite is at the top about 2 inches below and to the outside of my right knee, what else can I try that wont make me come over queasy?
 
Ouch, sounds bad, you poor thing. I think my treatment of choice would be a hydrogel dressing. Don't bother about picking off scabs, the hydrogel will lessen scarring as it heals in a warm moist environment.
 
MerrySherryRider said:
Ouch, sounds bad, you poor thing. I think my treatment of choice would be a hydrogel dressing. Don't bother about picking off scabs, the hydrogel will lessen scarring as it heals in a warm moist environment.
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I wanted to get the scabs of so I could flush it out, pain is increasing so I wanted to be able to check there is no infection but gave up on that idea and have put a hot poultice back on, will go to walk in surgery tomorrow if feels/looks worse
 
How are you today? 4 days later, and you should by now be healing, or at least have a reduction in pain.

There's a product called "Intrasite Gel", or something like that, and whilst we use it very successfully on horses, for wound recovery, it was actually deigned for human use. For horses anyway, it's mostly quite spectacular!

Let us know how you are.

Alec.
 
intrasite gel is indeed great stuff, it was last monday i was bitten and it is healing really well, have left it without a dressing today so all good, thank you for asking.
i am however feeling sorry for myself again, i did a very very stupid thing and the consequence was my finger met the blade on the lawn mower whist it was running. it could have been far worse than it is, it is still getting beads of blood forming after 29hrs and the swelling is such that i suspect the bones in the tip of my finger may be damaged, arm is elevated, have rested all day and after initial cleaning have left scab to form, looks like a trip to the hospital after sorting kids, dogs and horses in the morning. possibly a week of from my stable job too
 
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