Thorn in knuckle

[felixthelogchopper]

44 minutes ago, billpierce said:

A pal of mine had this. Took about 6 months of hand getting inflamed etc. Eventually they did surgery and removed the smallest bit of thorn which had worked it's way into a knuckle.

I'd look at things which will draw it all out rather than antibiotics as it will keep getting infected if there is a tiny bit still in there.

I am extremely sceptical of homeopathic stuff. However I have used silica for getting out things like angle ground tungsten flecks from the eye, blackthorn and splinters up the nail. I was surprised at how quickly the offending foreign body removed itself.

Also soaking in hot extremely salty water is excellent

Good call as it will clean the wound as well as helping to draw out any crud.

[Mark J]

I had a bad infection in my elbow from a blackthorn.  Apparently your bones have membranes, succeptible to bastard thorns, surrounding them. After getting a taxi to A&E in the middle of the night, they drained the tennis ball sized lump on me arm and sent me away with a hefty dose of antibiotics. When the swelling subsided, I was left with a calcified point on my elbow. If I was a Thai boxer I'd be dangerous. Don't mess with blackthorn.  Do drink gin with it's berries though.

[janey]

Google blackthorn or plant synovitis. 

 

I've had some right manky lumps from blackthorn, but luckily they've never affected my joints. 

[difflock]

I agree re Blackthorn's deserved reputation, tis the why perplexes me.

[westphalian]

You don’t go to the dr for antibiotics, you go to see if you NEED antibiotics. Drs are strongly discouraged now from unnecessary antibiotics prescribing so if you get some you needed some

[Billy K]

1 minute ago, westphalian said:

You don’t go to the dr for antibiotics, you go to see if you NEED antibiotics. Drs are strongly discouraged now from unnecessary antibiotics prescribing so if you get some you needed some

Agreed. I don’t take them for the sake of it. The doctor looked at it and because it was red, hot and solid he said it needed them. I wasn’t gonna argue haha. Just hoping it will settle on it’s own now. If not I’ll go back and get them to have an explore inside.

[westphalian]

They won’t explore as it would be like looking for a minute splinter in a bloody haystack. If it becomes an abscess they would drain it

[billpierce]

Agreed. I don’t take them for the sake of it. The doctor looked at it and because it was red, hot and solid he said it needed them. I wasn’t gonna argue haha. Just hoping it will settle on it’s own now. If not I’ll go back and get them to have an explore inside.

Well good luck. I advise not ignoring it and pretending it's gone away if it hasn't or keeps coming back for bit. Hope it gets well fast

[westphalian]

[Billy K]

4 minutes ago, billpierce said:

7 minutes ago, Billy K said:

Agreed. I don’t take them for the sake of it. The doctor looked at it and because it was red, hot and solid he said it needed them. I wasn’t gonna argue haha. Just hoping it will settle on it’s own now. If not I’ll go back and get them to have an explore inside.

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Well good luck. I advise not ignoring it and pretending it's gone away if it hasn't or keeps coming back for bit. Hope it gets well fast

Cheers, I def won’t ignore it, it bloody kills ?. The doc said it should settle down but I’m not sure he was on the same page as me when it comes to this type of injury. If it doesn’t go down in a week or so or if the infection comes back then I’ll be straight there. I’m not one to be a marytr lol