Another thorny issue

[Acerforestry]

Yet again on here, I had a little hawthorn (I'm pretty sure) scratch on the wrist yesterday afternoon, minor irritation followed and a touch of swelling. Swiped the area with antiseptic and went to bed, and this am the left forearm is looking a bit cartoon-ish and a third of the size bigger than it should be, so far...is this likely to be going down any time soon or is it time for antibiotics or similar?

[Mark J]

I had a similar thing. The lining of my elbow(who knew there was such a thing) got infected. I'd go to the walk in centre this morning. There may well still be a teeny little bit of the thorn in there. I was given a hefty dose of antibiotics and it cleared up. Ended up with a bit of calcified bone on me elbow afterwards which was unexpected.

 

Edited December 6, 2018 by Mark J

[Acerforestry]

Yes I think that's a sensible call, will do