Archive for the 'First Aid' Category

How long should you leave a band aid on for?

my 4 year old daughter fell and split her chin my mother-inlaw
said that band aid's slow down the healing process
it has been on for 3 days i have been cleaning it and changing the band aid i am afraid of leaving the band aid off i dont want dirt getting inside of the wound and [...]

What is the rule on covering wounds versus giving them air?

I cut a little bit of the tip of my finger off last night.
Some people are telling me to keep it covered, and some people are talking about giving it air and that putting crap on it (like antibiotics) will smother it and it's not a good idea.
What do I do?
(please don't answer if you [...]

I put a blister bandaid on an open blister, and a blister has formed underneath it and it keeps on growing?

Is this normal? What will happen when I take the bandaid off, will I rip off the blister too? Ouch!Well, I'm not too sure about whether or not a blister appearing from an open blister is normal, but it did happen to me last summer. I fell asleep in the sun and was BADLY burned, [...]

Please Help?

What is the best thing to do if you burn yourself with a curling iron?1.use aloe (a plant)
2.apply ice on the burn
3.water
4.cream
5.see a doctor about it (if its a bad burn)
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Hope that helps!

SPIDER BITE (i think)?

My girlfried just got a spider bite, I keep telling her it's not bad but she still want's me to post this just to make sure. The bite isn't any strange colour, the spider was average size, black, short legs. No other colours on the spider. She killed it but yeah…help? If you need more [...]

Bee sting????

i got stung by a bee and it got red around the area, it itches A LOT, and its swollen a lot
what can i put on it to make it go away faster?
and why did it get so red and swollen?
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/…It will get red,swollen & itchy. You can buy over the counter sting relief produts [...]

After-stitches care for a deep cut on my foot…?

I stepped on a piece of glass and cut my foot probably 1/2" deep about 2 weeks ago. The cut is right in the very center of the bottom of my foot. I got 6 stitches and just took them out yesterday- they stung when i took them out and the cut still [...]

Tingly sunburn?

my sunburn is healing but it has extreme itchy and tingly pains. so hwat should i do it feels like someones poking me with needles.Well if there aren't blisters or anything it's probably not too serious, but keep it from drying out, use sun screen and aloe vera lotion, but avoid regular lotion, the alcohol [...]

How can you tell the difference between a spider bite & a misquito bite ?

i had a few misquito bites last week and they went away an last night i noticed a bite but it didnt have a little hole in the middle it was like biger then a hole and bleeding, probably bc it was so so ithcy, so can someone tell me the difference between a misquito [...]

When i get into the ocean my legs start to sting?

I am in Gulf Shores, Alabama, and when i get into the ocean, after a while, it stings my legs. I get out of the water and there are streaks on my legs. It's not a jellyfish, and it's not seaweed. I don't know what it is, but it happens every time i get in [...]