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Suggest Medication To Apply On Grazes After An Accident To Avoid Infection

Hi my14 year old son fell off his bike onto the concrete at a skateboard park yesterday afternoon and has several grazes over his face some more superficial than others. They were cleaned with saline and covered for the night but I removed the dressings this am.Is there anything I should apply to the grazes now to avoid infection?
Mon, 25 Aug 2014
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General Surgeon,  's  Response
hi this is dr. subhadeep thanks for the opportunity to help you.

as per your description the matter the injury is not very serious, however the site is face and so chances of infection is a major issue.it will be of immense help if you can send me pictures of those abrasions.

first inj. tetanus toxoid 1 ampule should be taken within 24 hrs. if those r only superficial abrasions then you have to clean those wound with gauze piece and beta dine.after cleaning you can either apply mupirocin ointment or neosporin powder.neosporin powder helps in drying the wound fast.

once the wound is healed there may be scars for that you can get a dermatologist opinion for creams to remove marks like mender a cream or no marks.first one is more effective.

very rarely if it develops a bad scar, plastic surgery excision for scar excision followed by skin grafting can be done.

you can use antibiotics like broad spectrum antibiotics amoxicillin+clavulanic acid combination 3 times for 5 days

tablet rantack 150mg 1-0-1x5 days

pain killers 1-0-1 and t. chymoral forte 1-1-1x5 days

hope this consultation was beneficial

regards.

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Orthopaedic Surgeon,  Dr. Sunil Kumar Srivastava's  Response
you may apply any antiseptic ointment for 5 days,like soframycin or neosporin and ask the child to avoid playing on field to avoid dust contamination for 5 days
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Suggest Medication To Apply On Grazes After An Accident To Avoid Infection

hi this is dr. subhadeep thanks for the opportunity to help you. as per your description the matter the injury is not very serious, however the site is face and so chances of infection is a major issue.it will be of immense help if you can send me pictures of those abrasions. first inj. tetanus toxoid 1 ampule should be taken within 24 hrs. if those r only superficial abrasions then you have to clean those wound with gauze piece and beta dine.after cleaning you can either apply mupirocin ointment or neosporin powder.neosporin powder helps in drying the wound fast. once the wound is healed there may be scars for that you can get a dermatologist opinion for creams to remove marks like mender a cream or no marks.first one is more effective. very rarely if it develops a bad scar, plastic surgery excision for scar excision followed by skin grafting can be done. you can use antibiotics like broad spectrum antibiotics amoxicillin+clavulanic acid combination 3 times for 5 days tablet rantack 150mg 1-0-1x5 days pain killers 1-0-1 and t. chymoral forte 1-1-1x5 days hope this consultation was beneficial regards.