I accidentally burned myself with a hot glue gun. After about 10 seconds, I peeled the glue off my hands and thighs. My hands were painful but didn’t blister, unlike my thighs, which started forming blisters after 30 minutes. I used ice to cool the area for a few minutes, but it still hurts a lot. I think this might be a second-degree burn. I’ve heard ointments can help, any recommendations? Should I pop the blisters or leave them alone? Should I cover the burns with a bandage? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

So yeah, seems to be healing. I've had band aids over it for 2-3 days, and now no more band aids on it. But now that they're off, the part of my thumb the bandage was on is numb and it has been off about half a day.

This happened two days ago. The throbbing has stopped. No cuts or bleeding. Do I need to have it lanced to get drain the blood (I think it’s a hematoma) or will it reduce over time. I suppose my fingernail will fall off in a few days.

i smacked my foot into a concrete block yesterday and it hurt but it didnt last long, today ive noticed my nail is cracked/broken on the side at the nailbed and idk if i should let it heal by itself or if theres something i can put on it? and its not too bad either its bled very little and theres a small bruise

It's currently two am right now. The last time I ate was 6pm, had a pizza. At around 9-10pm I drank a 12oz coke and around an hour later I started feeling really sick. Threw up the first time at midnight started slowly sipping some water at 12:30. Still felt sick but was hoping I could sleep it off. At 1 am I threw up again, with only water in my system, the vomit was yellow. Then 30 minutes later with nothing in my system I hurled once more. Every time I hurl my body temp spikes up to the point I begin sweating then it goes down and I begin shivering. Had a two minute nose bleed during the second vomiting session. I have slight abdominal pain and for the diarrhea I've been constantly squirting since 1am, started as a mustard yellow liquid and is currently a mix of the mustard yellow and chunks of soft brown. I feel mildly fatigued but can't tell if it's cuz it's so late. I have moments of slight headaches and light headedness. At like 1:40 I felt like I was about to pass out. Should I go to the ER?

I have excess skin removed by a board eligible plastic surgeon and dissolvable sutures were used to close the wound following a male breast reduction surgery (gynecomastia). After 6 days from the surgery date, I woke up today with blood soaked gauze over the affected area and noticed that the wound was slightly open. Should this be treated as an emergency (ER visit)? The place where I got the surgery is closed and won't open until 2 days from now.

What I have done so far is put antibiotic ointment over the area and fresh new non-stick gauze.

I'm concerned about a possible infection, and am also concerned about what the scarring will look now that my skin is currently separated.

Thanks for your help.

I was going for a walk this afternoon and took a bit of a tumble, which resulted in me scraping both knees and my palm. The fall itself wasn’t really that bad (aside from the humiliation of like 4 cars driving past), but my leg has had the worst ache and stinging feeling since then.

My leg ached on the walk home and I was like “damn, hate scarping my knees.”, because I figured the stinging/aching was because of the fresh fall and scrapes. But, my whole leg, from foot to hip, is super stiff and sore to the point that I can hardly put pressure on it and the back of my knee/calf has a stinging feeling.

I’m a teen, so I don’t usually get this sore after a fall, should I be concerned?

I picked up this Contractors 9302-25m first aid kit. It has two hinged tabs for hanging it on the wall, I assume.

It's so packed full of goods that anyone bleeding and potentially having only one fully operational hand would certainly spill everything onto the floor.

Is there some nifty use for these hinges that I am overlooking? Or were the hinged tabs welded on as an afterthought by someone who has never used a first aid kit? Am I missing something?

I was boiling noodles for making spaghetti, but when I went to drain them, I poured it out too fast or something and the water splashed out on my stomach. This was about 5-6 days ago. Some of the skin was scratched off and that’s what the scabs are from. The scabs appeared to be dark yellowish so I’m concerned. Plus the yellowish outline around the entire burn itself. Should I call a doctor? (Also, please be careful when cooking 😭 don’t be like me lol)

Hey guys,

I just had my finger slip at work and sliced pretty deep with a razor blade. The other guys were quick to jerry rig a solution of tape, bandaids, etc. with some medical glue (that I don’t think they let fully dry)

I trust ‘em, they do this all the time, but they’re all on the older end and don’t care about proper wound care

We’re gonna take a look and give it some air before I leave tonight then what should I do once home to give it some proper care? I’m going on a trip so I’d rather not have it break open and sully the fun also ~ so any advice on making sure it’s safe but also secure is much appreciated!!

I burned myself a few days ago, I haven't really paid attention to it because it didn't seem serious. Now it's stabbed and red. What do I so to prevent infection now that it's already scabbed over?

Is my wound infected? Should I go to the doctor/what should I do to help it heal.

I've had this cut on my finger for a few days now. It's getting more painful and there's a stinging pain just above my finger nail. Is it infected?

Not sure. It’s quite sore and had some yellow stuff on it that’s gooey and coming off.