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What To Do For The Wound Due To A Fall?

Hello and thank you in advance.....My husband hurt himself in a fall today at work. He is on BP medicine and takes an aspirin a day. He fell against a step that had grids on it, (like one would wipe muddy boots on), and scraped the skin off of his arm. The wound is about 4 inches wide by 3 inches long. It looks like a burn. There is no pain like unto a third degree burn. We have cleaned it as good as possible. He applied Peroxide with a spray bottle on it at work and again after his shower. We wraped it with gauze with Neosporin spread on it at the injury site. I know it is exposed and could get infected easily. Should we do anything different? And should he use Peroxide? What about an Aloe Vera gel?
Thu, 11 Sep 2014
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Hi,
Thanks for writing to us.
If you ask me, I would prefer using betadine solution to clean the wound instead of peroxide. You may continue with neosporin or if possible switch to a better antibiotic cream like mupirocin. Apply it twice in a day. If the wound is large or deep, he should take an oral antibiotic too for five days.
Aloevera gel won't help. So no point using it over raw wound
Hope this would help him.
Take care
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What To Do For The Wound Due To A Fall?

Hi, Thanks for writing to us. If you ask me, I would prefer using betadine solution to clean the wound instead of peroxide. You may continue with neosporin or if possible switch to a better antibiotic cream like mupirocin. Apply it twice in a day. If the wound is large or deep, he should take an oral antibiotic too for five days. Aloevera gel won t help. So no point using it over raw wound Hope this would help him. Take care