First Aid After Getting Rusty Nails
Hello yesterday I just stepped on a rusty nail for fear of causing an infection so I cleaned it with mouthwash because I thought alcohol on the mouthwash could inhibit the germs on the wound. The question is whether with a mouthwash can kill germs that cause infection?
1 Answer:
Hello Ibn.
Thank you for the question.
Injuries from stepping on rusty nails, especially those that are broad or deep in size, are indeed at high risk of infection, including tetanus and various other infections. Therefore, prevention should be done early.
Some types of mouthwashes are equipped with alcohol content in them. However, so far, the use of alcohol to clean wounds caused by rusty nails is not the main need to be done. In some sensitive people, skin contact with alcohol can actually trigger irritation, which makes the wound more inflamed. Much safer, if you just clean your wound with clean water and flow, while removing the dirt attached to it using sterile gauze. Furthermore, you can check the wound to the doctor or surgeon for further treatment. At the doctor, the wound can later be cleaned, debrided, given tetanus drugs or injections, as well as other treatments.
Hope this helps ...
