Hawthorn in my knuckle

[samiad]

Been on an awful site clearance clearance job and ended up spiking my knuckle prettt deep with a thorn yesterday.Feels very painful and is a bit swollen, its only a small puncture wound and i cant tell if anythings still inside (dont think so). Anyone got any top tips? Its to grip, hurts!

[Daveyboy]

Are you up to date with your jabs?

[Bren.]

Hawthorn often leaves the tip of the thorn in the wound. Might be worth getting the doc to check it out especially if it's in the knuckle. Had a mate who got a thorn in there, it got infected and the infection travelled up his arm at an incredible pace (up the tendons). He ended up having to have surgery to sort it.

[muldonach]

Been on an awful site clearance clearance job and ended up spiking my knuckle prettt deep with a thorn yesterday.Feels very painful and is a bit swollen, its only a small puncture wound and i cant tell if anythings still inside (dont think so). Anyone got any top tips? Its to grip, hurts!

 

Hawthorn and even worse blackthorn tend to go in easy and fester a bit when they get in! If you cannot find anything with a needle then a wash with some disinfectant is about all you can do - may be worth putting a plaster over it to blanch the skin and make anything trapped easier to see.

 

If it does not get better it will get worse - sorry

[richy_B]

I work with blackthorn a lot so know the problem all too well. My experience is often a there is a bit broken off still in the wound but if you go at it with tweezers/needle you just make it sore. It will generally work its way out in a few days but if you want to speed it up soak your hand in hot water for a while then gently squeeze around the area. Put some TCP in the water too.

[ChrisG]

Keep it clean, give it a osak in warm water and sea salt and after a few days it should pop out with a squeeze.

Had this loads, once I had a blackthorn tip in my shin for 6 weeks, it came out eventually with a bang, great fun!!

[samiad]

Nice one chaps

 

It feels different to the usual itchy throb you get.docs is shut over the weekend so il do some soaking and plaster and then if its not improved by monday il get down. If i feel any pain spreading up the hand im going hospital!

[samiad]

Yes i like my tropics holidays so im up to date

[richy_B]

Nice one chaps

 

It feels different to the usual itchy throb you get.docs is shut over the weekend so il do some soaking and plaster and then if its not improved by monday il get down. If i feel any pain spreading up the hand im going hospital!

 

Its probably because its swelling is right on a joint that it is more painful than usual. My worse experience of was getting a blackthorn go 1cm straight up in between my finger and finger nail!

[SteveA]

Which gloves were you using? The Ripeur gloves are great protection from natures needles & in case you're interested there's a thread about them on arbtalk, somewhere. Cheers, steve