Puncture Wounds
What is a puncture wound?
A puncture wound is a deep wound made by a sharp object such as a nail or a jagged piece of metal or wood.
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Puncture wounds resulting from human or animal bites, including those of domestic dogs and cats, may be especially prone to infection. Puncture wounds on the foot also are more vulnerable to infection.
How are puncture wounds different?
There are two risks with puncture wounds. First, a wound infection can occur because of dirt pushed deep into the skin by the object (typically a nail) puncturing the tissue.
Cuts and puncture wounds Symptoms
Review Date: 01/08/2009
Reviewed By: Jacob L. Heller, MD, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, Clinic. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
Cuts and puncture wounds
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A cut or laceration is an injury that results in a break or opening in the skin. It may be near the surface or deep, smooth or jagged.
Cuts and puncture wounds
Alternate Names : Wound - cut or puncture, Open wound, Laceration
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Cuts, Scrapes and Puncture Wounds Index
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Puncture wounds are caused by objects that penetrate the skin and underlying tissues and structures. Wounds caused by nails, wires, needles, knives, bullets, and virtually any sharp object are normally punctures.
Puncture wounds from rusty nails, needles, animal bites, and similar implements can be serious and may result in tetanus.
Puncture wounds from stepping on dirty nails is the most likely immediate cause. The germ only grows where there is little or no oxygen. The spores (seeds) were on that nail and, entering the body, begin to grow and multiply.
Puncture wounds - Wounds to the back of the throat can occur if a child falls while holding a pencil, toothbrush, or other object.
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Materials and methods: Traditionally, sutures have been used for laceration repair, but metal staples, adhesive strips, and liquid topical skin adhesives are now used for certain wounds, ...
Also, puncture wounds can push particles of dirt deep into the body. If you haven't had a tetanus shot in five years, get one if you have suffered a puncture wound or a scrape or cut from any item that is dirty.
Although puncture wounds usually don't bleed very much, they carry a high risk of infection. Seek medical care to prevent tetanus or other infection.
Bites or puncture wounds to the hand, wrist, foot, or joint are very dangerous and require immediate medical attention. Ocean bacteria are particularly dangerous. Infections often occur. Local wound infection may develop in as few as 24 hours.
The small puncture wounds created by the arthroscope and probing tool(s) may take several days to heal.
Insect bites are puncture wounds caused by insects. In the UK, insects that bite include:
midges
mosquitoes
fleas
bedbugs
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breaks in the skin
puncture wounds
deep cuts
bruises, with possibly a puncture or cut visible in the center of the bruised area
bleeding.
For deeper bites or puncture wounds from any animal, or for any bite from a strange animal: ...
A final concern with puncture wounds is tetanus. Tetanus is a debilitating, painful, and difficult to treat illness which is fortunately fully preventable through vaccines.
Such objects as nails, needles, ice picks and other pointed objects can produce puncture wounds. Even if external bleeding is slight, there may be serious internal bleeding resulting from internal damage to an organ (as in a gunshot wound).
Foot problems that can result from walking barefoot include cuts, abrasions, bruises, puncture wounds from foreign objects. They can also make you more vulnerable to skin issues or nail injuries.
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Look for puncture wounds, bruises, pressure areas, redness, warmth, blisters, ulcers, scratches, cuts and nail problems. Get someone to help you, or use a mirror. Feel each foot for swelling. Examine between your toes.
Elbow, cellulitis of the: Inflammation of the skin around the elbow due to infection (cellulitis) commonly occurs as a result of abrasions or puncture wounds permitting bacteria on the surface of the skin to invade the deeper layers of the skin.
A tattoo is a series of puncture wounds that carry dye into the different levels of the skin. At first, the tattoo may be swollen and there may be some crusting on the surface.
Had recent injuries such as cuts, scrapes, bites or puncture wounds
Previously injured the area or been operated on
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Ledum is a first-aid remedy used in insect bites, black eyes, puncture wounds and to prevent infection. It can be useful in treating acute rheumatic and gouty pains, which start in the feet and move upwards.
Infection with the tetanus bacillus may follow any type of injury, whether incurred indoors or out, including nail puncture wounds, insect bites, splinter injuries, gunshot wounds, burns, lacerations, and fractures.
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The bacteria can get in through even a tiny pinprick or scratch, but deep puncture wounds or cuts like those made by nails or knives are especially susceptible to infection with tetanus.
Spores in soil infecting puncture wounds, severe burns or surgery
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Most snakes are nonpoisonous, and bites from such snakes can be treated as puncture wounds. First aid for puncture wounds can be found in the Wound text. Poisonous snakebites are much less common but much more dangerous, and they can even be deadly.
Human bites that break the skin, like all puncture wounds, have a high risk of infection. They also pose a risk of injury to tendons and joints.
Wounds contaminated with soil, manure, or faeces.
Deep puncture wounds.
if your resistance to infection is low. For example, if you are on chemotherapy; have no working spleen; have diabetes; have alcohol dependence; have AIDS, etc.
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A hemorrhage from traumatic bleeding can be caused by abrasions, lacerations, puncture wounds, gunshot wounds or any other type of injury, although bleeding might not be readily apparent.
Although cellulitis can occur anywhere on your body, the most common location is the legs, especially near your shins and ankles. Disrupted areas of skin, such as where you've had recent surgery, cuts, puncture wounds, an ulcer, ...
Cuts, puncture wounds, sprains, strains, nosebleeds are one type of injury that may require first aid; heart attacks, strokes, seizures, and heat stroke are examples of more critical first aid emergencies.
Immediate, throbbing pain
Pain that increases with activity and decreases with rest
Swelling
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Tenderness
Deformity
Inability to walk or bear weight
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The doctor will cover the puncture wounds with bandages. This procedure may require more than one blood donation. The donor may also be required to take pills that cause more stem cells from the bone marrow to go into the blood.
Conditions that create breaks in the skin and allow bacteria to enter, such as eczema and severe acne, will put a child at risk for . Chickenpox, scratched insect bites, animal bites, and puncture wounds are other causes.
The bacteria usually live in decaying matter in the soil. A person usually gets nocardiosis after inhaling the organisms in dust. The bacteria can also enter a person's body through puncture wounds or abrasions of the skin which are contaminated by ...
Livestock producers, veterinarians, and other workers may be exposed to the toxic hazards of the animal antibiotic Micotil 300® through needlestick injuries, skin cuts, puncture wounds, and contact with skin and mucous membranes.
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