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Puncture Wounds
Help from your Podiatrist in Irvine California
A puncture wound has a small entry hole caused by a pointed. These wounds
require different treatment from cuts because these small holes in the skin can
disguise serious injury.
Early treatment in important. Complications of puncture wounds could be prevented
if the patient seeks treatment right away.
Foreign bodies can become embedded in a puncture wound. Nails, glass, toothpicks,
sewing needles, insulin needles, and seashells, rocks are some common offenders.
Puncture wounds are dirty wounds because they involve penetration of an object
that isn't clean.
If a foreign body remains in the wound the chance of complication increase.
The dirtier an object, such as a rusty nail as opposed to a sewing needle, the
more dirt and debris are dragged into the wound, which may increase the chance
of infection.
Treatment
Early treatment
Irrigation
Evaluation for foreign body
Possible antibiotics
Possible tetanus shot
