How to pull out splinters in children and adults

Many people know an unpleasant feeling when a small piece of wood or metal bites into the skin. Immediately there is a desire to pull it out in any way. Left in the skin of a splinter can lead to serious consequences. The least is local inflammation, the worst option is suppuration. This article gives tips on how to pull out splinters, even if they dig deep.

If the splinter has entered a shallow skin

In this case, a tweezer or needle will help. At not very deeply entered splinter the tip for which it is possible to grasp is well visible. The tool needs to be decontaminated. Needles or tweezers wipe with alcohol, you can use vodka or hydrogen peroxide. Disinfection is necessary and the place where the splinter of the tree fell. Before you pull out splinters, you need to take care of the bright light. Turn on the light and proceed. If you have a magnifying glass at home, it will come in handy.

The splinter should be picked up with a needle or grab with tweezers as low as possible and pull on yourself. Trying from the first time does not always end with success. You may have to repeat the procedure. It happens that the upper tip breaks away, and the splinter itself remains in the skin. Then it is necessary to steam out the sore spot and repeat the whole procedure again.

How to get a splinter in a child

There are several recommendations in this regard. The splinter in children is pulled out in the same way as in adults, but the parents should be calm. Do not scare the child. If you cause a sharp pain to the child, the child screams, you are nervous and can not do anything. In this case, it is better to go to the emergency room. There the child will quickly be rid of the prickly chips.

Any folk ways how to pull splinters, should not be used on children. Soaking a finger in alcohol, applying a banana peel, treating a finger with smoke from burning tissue - all these methods can have the opposite effect and harm the health of the child.

How to pull out splinters in case of complications

If you do not immediately notice the splinter and the finger starts to hurt, you need to hold the injured place in a warm soda solution. Well, warm salty water helps (2-3 teaspoons of salt are taken for one glass of water). But if in such a solution the finger starts to hurt more, salt should be replaced with soda.

Another sign of complication is the redness of the skin around the splintered splinter. Soda bath should be carried out for 30 minutes. Then try to remove the splinter in the manner described above.

Perhaps the most unpleasant thing is a splinter under the fingernail. How to get it out of there, when it even hurts to touch? This will help everyone familiar ichthyol ointment. It is applied to a steamed finger, left for a few hours, or better at night. As a rule, the splinter comes out by itself.

When the splinter is already pulled out

Be sure to disinfect the wound with greenery, iodine, hydrogen peroxide. If the skin has been damaged during removal, apply a bandage or patch. You will be sure that you have protected yourself from infection, and the injured skin will quickly heal.