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In article <[email hidden]>,
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.
_ Yes goo is normal, lots and lots of goo. What I did was to
change the tegaderm when the bandage was "full" so to speak. I
then rinsed it well with sterile saline solution and put new
Tegaderm on it. This was a bit expensive in Tegaderm, but
everything healed much faster than any previous case of road
rash. From what I read about it, it seems like keeping the edges
sealed is fairly important, if stuff is seeping out, then there
is an avenue for infection to seep in. Perhaps I was being
overly paranoid, but it worked for me.
_ You can also get tegaderm with a sponge to help absorb the
goo. However, if you have any doubts at all see a doctor.
If the wound is infected, wet healing can make things much
worse.
_ Booker C. Bense
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