Cut my big toe, is it worth going to the hospital

[oldag]

Put ice on it. Then tape it up and get back in the game.

 

[DwnRange]

Rub some dirt on it

Actually not a bad idea, provided one uses the "proper" dirt:

http://www.pascalite.com/AboutP.htm

 

[Kosh75287]

ALL of this is written on the assumption that you are no diabetic, have a compromised immune system or some other serious chronic medical ailment.

Right now, I'd stay the hell away from hospitals & clinics. They're filled with influenza patients at the moment, and you don't want to walk away with something worse than what you walked in with.

I agree with the bandaging and antiseptic recommendations. If you can leave it un-bandaged and propped up (slightly) at the end of the day, that may help you heal as much as anything. I'm not a medical professional, but I've repeatedly been surprised at how much just "letting it breathe" in circumstances under which it is unlikely to contact pathogens helps to heal injuries like that.

 

[TheDan]

A little neosporin and tegaderm is all that needs. A band aid would work fine, but they suck at staying in place you have to change those everyday.

 

[easy rider]

I'm more afraid of hospitals then infection. I'm with Dan, clean it and super glue it, stings like hell, but works good.

 

[Brains]

You need to change your screen name.

Hmm... BrainsAndBrawn. Not bad, not bad.

 

[mroper]

put some mercurochrome on it and a band aid

 

[ZX9RCAM]

put some mercurochrome on it and a band aid

How old are you anyway, lol....

 

[easy rider]

How old are you anyway, lol....

I think he forgot the mom kiss.

 

[Kosh75287]

Mercurochrome was another casualty of the trend to regard ALL organomercurial compounds as materia non grata (merthiolate/thimerosal was another). There are numerous potentially lethal pathogens that often cannot be treated by anything BUT organomercurials (which, yes, are not without side effects), and I generally consider the hysteria concerning their use quite over-blown. The organo-mercurials tend to be more effective on topical fungal infections than some of the proposed replacements. We're not done learning from this class of medication about how to destroy pathogens without destroying the host.

I think he forgot the mom kiss.

He ALSO forgot the SCOTCH, but I've criticized enough, already.

 

[grasshopperglock]

Monkeyblood stang like hell. Regular strength bleach works.

 

[BRD@66]

Hmm... BrainsAndBrawn. Not bad, not bad.

I don't believe that was what AustinN4 was envisioning.

 

[Brains]

I don't believe that was what AustinN4 was envisioning.

Like that matters when I'm thinking of my own grandeur!

 

[Moonpie]

'tis but a flesh wound.

 

[Jack Ryan]

No pictures. I cut my big toe on a gun case that was lying around. It's the pad side on the bottom. There's about a dime/penny size, thick flap of skin hanging on. It cut deep. Not a surface cut. I have it cleaned and bandaged up nicely. Should I get stitches or keep it wrapped? I had a similar situation where I cut my thumb with an axe and kept it bandaged and immobilized for a week and it closed up. I'm worried that walking too much will keep it from healing.


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After seeing the picture, meh. Nosporin + duct tape. Go back to work.

 

[Vaquero]

'tis but a flesh wound.

Hardly that.

 

[sobi1998]

It looks a lot better now that it's cleaned up.
First time I ever shot my AR was at an indoor range. One of the shells bounced off the wall and I set my arm down on top. Needless to say I have a 5.56 shaped burn scar lmao


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[texasnurse]

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Picture doesn't do it justice. Dime size flap. Changing bandage now


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Cleanse with soapy water then hydrogen peroxide cover with TAO(neosporin) and dry bandage(bandaid) change daily until healed; if it develops purulent drainage (pus) or has an abnormal odor go to the ER. There are a lot of small capillaries and nerve endings on the foot pad, they are there so that body can communicate things that are painful to step on. In other words, it hurts more than you are actually injured.


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[Lunyfringe]

Go to the doctor that's finished practicing medicine... once they perfect it, then it'll be safe.

 

[Kosh75287]

Ah, yes, the ol' "...when they're finished practicing" joke...

SOBI1998, MY recollection is that injuries like that hurt out of ALL proportion to their size & depth. It's like a paper cut or a bad tooth, except it's at an end of the body that is difficult to guard from further irritation. I'm not at all unsympathetic to your situation, and further feel that you owe NOBODY an explanation over your concern for it.

As MY years advance (inexorably, it seems), I understand EVER more clearly the wish to preserve/improve the working order of one's "original equipment" body parts.