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Old 10-28-17 | 01:34 AM
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I yesterday I was riding my bike to a bike park and I found a shortcut under I bridge I needed to cross and both sides were concrete walls as I was coming up really fast I didn't see the tight turn so I panicked and slid on the wall cause I didn't want to fall. After that I whent to the urgent care and they cleaned it and rapped it up and today I started rapping it my self and before I would apply I would put neosporin and then Ater I would have all this white/yellow goo seeping through my gause do I remove it?
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Old 10-28-17 | 07:48 AM
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Wouldn't hurt to change the dressing, clean it up and apply topical antibiotic to prevent infection. Yellow pus is normal.
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Old 10-28-17 | 09:47 AM
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How large is the rash patch? Inches X inches?
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Thin, light yellow or pinkish drainage of serous fluid is normal. Thick yellow pus that smells bad is not normal and should be treated immediately with antibiotics. I've had plenty of minor crashes with road rash that never got infected.

If the edges swell, get red and painful and the swelling and redness extends beyond the scraped area, it's probably cellulitis and should be examined by a clinic. Depends on your immune system.

Use plenty of hydrogen peroxide. It's cheap. Before changing gauze, pour on some hydrogen peroxide to loosen the stiff, dried drainage so it doesn't interfere with healing. Gently peel off the gauze, pour hydrogen peroxide on the wound, let it bubble for a minute or so. Repeat, let it dry, then reapply a covering.

Non-stick pads are best. Add some neosporin or triple acting antibiotic ointment. Cloth or paper surgical tape.

Or if the scrape is small enough, an adhesive bandaid may be good enough. I find the cloth or ultra-thin bandaids work best. The old fashioned rubbery sort of plastic never seems to stick long.

Unless there's a serious infection you should need to change the dressing only once a day, at most. None of my road rashes have gotten infected so I usually leave the dressing alone and change them only when normal daily showering or bathing loosens them.

Avoid swimming, especially in natural water -- rivers, lakes, ponds, etc. Especially in areas where those bodies of water mingle with reservoirs, and are part of a flood control system. Some "rivers" in and near cities are just tarted up flood control systems, often filthy and contaminated at times. Avoid fishing, too, if you do that.

If you work in hospitals or health care, even if not in direct contact with patients, be more alert to hygiene while healing. Ditto, schools, day care centers, or if you have kids or are around kids. Pets too. Again, it depends on your immune system. Some folks are rarely bothered by ordinary contaminants. Others may get staph, strep or other bacterial infections easily.
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I always thought antibiotic cream (neosporin) should not be applied if the wound is oozing. It should be applied when it starts healing (oozing stops). But I am not an expert.
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Old 11-05-17 | 08:34 AM
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I had a bad crash during a triathlon and following the meds working on me I went to my doctor friend. She recleaned (scrubbed) everything, OUCH, then peroxide followed with honey and gauze over.

NO infection using honey, allows excellent skin healing, no scabbing. I had 2 puncture wounds, one was my wedding band into the finger to the bone and no stitches with excellent healing then a hole by elbow that a wooden pencil eraser could be insrted into. Again no stitching with excellent healing. BTW, cinnamon will stop bleeding.
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