Exitao -> RE: youch... stitches. (Jan. 19 2009 21:15:26)
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ORIGINAL: at_leo_87 if i transcribed anything for anybody, i think i would have a hit put out on me. i've always been a moocher, always depending on other's transcriptions so i'm pretty bad. trying to change that though. stitches are supposed to be in 10-14 days. bad thing is, i don't have health care and i don't feel like paying to get stitches removed [:@] how'd you lose your index nail? So then you could use this as a study period for ear/transcription training. We'll hold off on hit squads until you can hold a gun or knife, m'kay? In the future, ask for the stitches that dissolve. It shouldn't be a big deal to remove them on your own if you have some nice tweezers or vascular clamp... I was moving a very large steel grate and someone decided to "help" me and gave it a shove, pinching my finger between the grate and the concrete lip. It hurt so much I didn't even think and yanked it out, tearing off the flesh from the centre line of the finger to the edge, between the last knuckle and the fingernail. With an exposed root, there was little chance of it staying. Worse, I should have drained the blood from under the fingernail much sooner than I did (well, the doctor should have as well). Here's a first aid tip for guys who need to keep their fingernails: When you hit or pinch a nail and it turns purple or black underneath, that's blood/bleeding. Technically called a subungual haematoma. You need to drain that blood, because it forces the nail to disengage from the nail bed. Pressure can cause the blood to spread out separating more nail from bed. Separate enough, and you can lose the nail. Get enough of a pocket, and it's a problem for finger-pickers when the pocket gets close to the edge. If you can reach the haematoma from the side with a pin, you're lucky. Otherwise, heat up the end of a paper clip until it's red hot, and lance the nail with it. Careful, because it can squirt if it's fresh. Don't use a needle, you don't want to pierce the nail bed, because a scarred nail bed deforms future growth of the nail. Apply pressure around the hole to drain it. Drain it often. After it's stopped leaking a day or two, you can fill the hole with super glue and use a nail buffing kit to help prevent snagging. Fun trivia, when a wound leaks clear fluid, that's actually blood. More accurately plasma. A lot of burn victims bleed out because people don't know that.
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