Fritz M said:I spilled on a turn Sunday and tore up my left arm, hip, and leg.
In the past I've always used antibiotic cream + bandages. This time I'm
trying out the fancy plastic self-adhesive wound coverings.There's no foul odor or anything that I've detected, but there's an
amazing amount of goo oozing from the edge of one of the coverings.
It's a pinkish clear ooze that dries into a crust like you get on the
bottle cap of Elmer's glue. I'm sure it looks absolutely disgusting to
people around me, like I have leprosy or something.Is the goo normal? Should I abandon this treatment and go back
non-stick bandage + antibiotic? The wound is your standard road
abrasion with some gravel gouges.
I've had best luck with these when there's some antibiotic cream under
the plastic. As long as it's "pinkish clear" I wouldn't worry about it,
at least until the bandage comes off. Since it's most likely to happen
in the shower, then wash the wound carefully, dry, and re-apply the
antibiotic cream and another fancy plastic bandage.
If it turns green, or starts to smell foul, remove the bandage
immediately, clean, and apply antibiotic cream. Then you have to decide
what to put on top to protect the wound. If the flesh underneath is not
too red or swollen, I'd put some more plastic on it. Tegaderm, IME,
helps heal road rash faster than anything else I've tried, and sometimes
it even stays on for a week!
Pat