Wounded? Suck it.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-18-2010, 02:58 AM

Years ago I cut myself with a razor knife at work. The knife was covered with carbon fiber that was pre-impregnated with resin, which worried me a little. I grabbed a vacuum pump hose and put it right on the cut for a few minutes, then put a band-aid on. The next morning I pulled the band-aid off and had trouble finding the cut. I'd forgotten about it until I saw this article.

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Fact: the healing process can be sped up dramatically by applying suction (AKA negative pressure) to bandage-covered open wounds. No one knows why this works, but doctors think it might keep wounds clean by drawing fluid and bacteria elsewhere. Whatever the case, negative pressure system dressings can be kept in place for days at a time, all while speeding up healing. Up until now, the $100 per day rental systems have been out of reach for the developing world, but MIT student Danielle Zurovcik recently developed a negative pressure pump that costs just $3 to build

So I wasn't crazy... well, I wasn't mistaken anyway. They're talking about open wounds, whereas mine was a cut that closed up, but maybe they haven't tried that yet?

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Pie · 04-18-2010, 10:06 AM

I've had luck with large finger cuts that probably needed stitches -- DIDN'T clean it, DIDN'T put ointment on it, just bound it pretty tightly* as soon as I could (seconds, not minutes) with a band-aid. Seems to heal back to the original condition in a few days. Of course, one of the swipes healed a little crooked, so my fingerprint is off by a few ridges.

* A'course, don't bind it so tight you cut off circulation -- common sense, please!

BrianR · 04-18-2010, 10:14 AM

I knew there was a reason we instinctively suck on a cut finger!

HungLikeJesus · 04-18-2010, 10:23 AM

I like to use super glue - I think we might have discussed this somewhere before.

Cloud · 04-18-2010, 10:24 AM

a salt solution of the proper strength will also draw out foreign matter from a wound. and a hell of a lot cheaper

Undertoad · 04-18-2010, 12:34 PM

Pouring salt into wounds?

xoxoxoBruce · 04-18-2010, 07:15 PM

Salt solution will draw out crap, but it also delays a cut closing up.
Super Glue is risky because you can close the outside and seal in a bubble. I had cyst surgery where they wouldn't sew it up for that reason. Had to force ointment coated gauze into the incision (3 times a day

) so it would heal from the inside out.

Cloud · 04-18-2010, 08:04 PM

the wounds I'm most familiar with, we don't want to have close up!

xoxoxoBruce · 04-18-2010, 08:11 PM

Right, and salt will clean them well.

Gravdigr · 04-19-2010, 02:10 AM

One of my friends tells the story of meeting one of my other friends (we'll call them Joe & Bob): Bob had just sliced his thumb damn-near off with a razor knife. Joe says (something like) "Holy shit, look at all the blood! Come on Bob, I'll rush you to the ER." Bob said (something like) "Fuck a bunch a gawddamned hospitals!!", and proceeded to jab his injured hand, thumb and all, into a red clay mud puddle. Then he reached back on his tool belt, grabbed the duct tape and wrapped hisself up, and proclaimed "It'll be fiiiine."

Trilby · 04-19-2010, 02:47 AM

^^ my kind of man!

Clodfobble · 04-19-2010, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Super Glue is risky because you can close the outside and seal in a bubble. I had cyst surgery where they wouldn't sew it up for that reason. Had to force ointment coated gauze into the incision (3 times a day) so it would heal from the inside out.

I've had at least two procedures where they did "inside" stitches with dissolvable material (one guy called them catgut stitches, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't actually made of catgut) to get around this. They stitched the bottom of the gash together, then another layer higher up, then finally closed the top of the wound.

Flint · 04-19-2010, 10:39 AM

Scientists Finally Prove What Area Dad Has Been Saying For Years

xoxoxoBruce · 04-19-2010, 05:25 PM

Fuck the onion.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-19-2010, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

I've had at least two procedures where they did "inside" stitches with dissolvable material (one guy called them catgut stitches, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't actually made of catgut) to get around this. They stitched the bottom of the gash together, then another layer higher up, then finally closed the top of the wound.

Isn't that what they would do for a c section?

04-18-2010, 10:06 AM	#2
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Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	a salt solution of the proper strength will also draw out foreign matter from a wound. and a hell of a lot cheaper __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Salt solution will draw out crap, but it also delays a cut closing up. Super Glue is risky because you can close the outside and seal in a bubble. I had cyst surgery where they wouldn't sew it up for that reason. Had to force ointment coated gauze into the incision (3 times a day) so it would heal from the inside out. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Pouring salt into wounds?

04-18-2010, 08:04 PM	#8
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	the wounds I'm most familiar with, we don't want to have close up! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-18-2010, 08:11 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Right, and salt will clean them well. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-19-2010, 02:10 AM	#10
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	One of my friends tells the story of meeting one of my other friends (we'll call them Joe & Bob): Bob had just sliced his thumb damn-near off with a razor knife. Joe says (something like) "Holy shit, look at all the blood! Come on Bob, I'll rush you to the ER." Bob said (something like) "Fuck a bunch a gawddamned hospitals!!", and proceeded to jab his injured hand, thumb and all, into a red clay mud puddle. Then he reached back on his tool belt, grabbed the duct tape and wrapped hisself up, and proclaimed "It'll be fiiiine." __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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04-19-2010, 05:25 PM	#14
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