How to pull a splinter?

Many do not consider a splinter in the finger so muchproblem - well, how can a small pinch hurt? Sometimes the natural defense of the body is really capable of coping with the splinter itself. But in most cases, if you do not get rid of the splinter, it will begin to sink deeper into the soft tissues, causing inflammation and suppuration. Therefore it is very important to pull out a splinter immediately, especially if it is large and / or sticking out on the surface of the skin.

The simplest and most common way to get a splinter is use tweezers and a needle. The protruder over the skin of the splinter is clampedtweezers and pulled out. If you do not get to get a splinter with tweezers, the needle goes to use. Just do not need to pick her up the place where the splinter is sticking out - you can only do worse when you have an infection. The tip of the needle needs to pick up a splinter at a right angle and slightly pull it out of the skin so that it can be pulled out with tweezers.

Both the needle and tweezers need to be disinfected before use, wiping with alcohol, calcining in a fire or boiling for five minutes. Before you remove the splinter, and after it was removed, you need to disinfect the wound.

If you can not get a splinter in this way, you can use folk remedies that allow you to "push" it out of your skin. One of the simplest means is bath with salty water. In it you need to immerse an arm or a leg with a splinter. After 10-15 minutes the skin will soften under the influence of salt water, the splinter will move out of the skin, and you can pull out the splinter with tweezers. Instead of salt, you can use baking soda or soap.

There are other folk ways to get a splinter out of the skin. Many consider them effective, but it should be remembered that traditional medicine you use at your own peril and risk, and you are responsible for the consequences, and not the one who advised you these methods. So if you are not sure about the effectiveness of traditional medicine, it will be better to see a doctor.

People's methods of combating splinters are tying to a site of a skin with a splinter of various agents which soften a skin. These remedies can be very different: paste from water and baking soda, aloe, kerosene moistened cotton wool, tar or tar, bread crumb, fresh banana peel.

What can not be done in any case? At first, you can not panic - and in the event that you have earned a splinter, and inIf you pull it out. This is especially true if you need to get a splinter in a child. The splinter in the finger - and so stress for the child, and the mating mother will only aggravate it. So calm yourself and, if possible, calm the child.

Secondly, do not pick with the needle the place in which the splinter has fallen into, and even more so - Do not try to cut yourself to get a splinter. Not the fact that you will succeed - but a secondary infection in this way to earn elementary.

Thirdly, if you could not pull out a splinter, Do not lubricate the affected area with creams and ointments - they form a film on the skin that hinders the access of oxygen, so the inflammatory process can begin. It is better to disinfect the area with a splinter of hydrogen peroxide, green matter or iodine.

If you can not remove the splinter yourself,if you do not have the necessary tools and antiseptics at hand, if a part of the splinter remains under the skin and causes discomfort (acute stitching pain), if the splinter is in the eye area or external genitalia, you need consult a doctor. Also, a visit to the doctor can not be avoided if, after extracting a splinter around the wound, redness or swelling - these are signs of a secondary infection, which you earned by pulling out splinters.