I think there's glass in my foot, HELP!!!?
About a month ago my cat jumped onto a table in my room and knocked it over. There was a glass jar on it and it broke on my shag rug. I tried to vacuum up all of the glass but I kept hearing sounds like tiny shards were still being picked up. It would have been impossible to get it all, the vacuum wouldn’t stop making noises. Two days ago I was walking across my floor when I stepped on something that I’m pretty sure was a piece of glass. My foot started bleeding and I haven’t been able to walk on it since I cut it. Now there’s a little bump where the cut was but it doesn’t feel like there’s anything in it. I’ve tried everything to get it to feel better, rub on pain relievers, neosporin, and some of that stuff that’s supposed to draw things out of your skin if there’s something stuck in it. What do I do? I’ve run out of ideas!!!
Mayumi
on February 8th, 2012
Getting a piece of glass out can be one of the most difficult removal jobs. It is hard to see and hard to grasp with tweezers and if it is sitting on a nerve can be constantly painful. Unless you are very comfortable folding yourself into a position where you can see the place, not just touch it, you will have to have someone else do the work. If you can do it yourself or get some one, you need a very bright light that can be moved around a bit, like a halogen reading lamp or intense flash light. You will need a strong thin sewing needle (or a scalple but most people don’t have one) and anticeptic like hydrogen peroxide or alcohol. Clean the skin and the tool and use the point of the tool to go in a bit and lift to cut the skin in the area creating a small trench. Use the fingers of the other hand to spread the trench. While working, the person doing the opening needs to listen and feel for the scrape of metal on glass as well as looking for a different texture or gloss. It may hurt to open and to try to move the glass if it is there. If damage has been done, but the glass is out, simply opening the place may take out dirt or other floor stuff pushed into the wound – in which case clean with Hydrogen Peroxide and bandage over.
If the glass is there, it may be difficult and painful to dig under it with the tool or to grip it with tweezers (also sterilized.) If it becomes too painful to work on, clean and bandage the wound and go to a walk in clinic or emergency room or see your doctor and let people work on it.
BigBoy
on February 8th, 2012
You’re just playing, lol xD as usual
Gothicbunny
on February 8th, 2012
You can rub ointments on your foot all day long but until you get the piece of glass out of your foot it’s going to bother you. Pick and probe to see if you can locate and remove the glass or go see a Dr.