Ouch! Got another cut or scrape? Your first step is easy: Soothe and clean the wound with cool water. Do not use irritating soap, iodine, alcohol, or hydrogen peroxide -- fresh, clean water should be all you need.
Blood helps clean wounds, so a little bleeding is good. Most small cuts and scrapes stop bleeding pretty quickly, but you can help by applying firm, gentle pressure with gauze or a tissue. If blood soaks through, put another piece of gauze or tissue on top, don't remove the old one or you may separate the wound and start the bleeding again.Ouch! Got another cut or scrape? Your first step is easy: Soothe and clean the wound with cool water.
For sensitive skin, try switching to sterile gauze and paper tape, or an adhesive-free dressing.Almost as soon as you get a cut or scrape, your body begins healing the injury. White blood cells attack infection-causing bacteria. Platelets, red blood cells, and fibrin create a jelly-like clot over the wound and soon a protective scab forms. If your wound gets itchy, be gentle -- you want that scab to stay where it is.Most of us have had a small burn or two.
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