How to deal with skin abscess?

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Skin abscess is caused by the limited accumulation of pus, which will undoubtedly affect their normal work and study. It can be manifested as swelling, redness, pain and fluctuating mass. Let me share with you how to deal with skin abscess?.

How to deal with skin abscess?

First: incision: a single incision should be long enough to ensure complete drainage. The incision should be made according to the tension line in order to reduce the formation of scar. The common mistake is that the incision is not deep enough to reach the abscess cavity and complete drainage. Special attention should be paid when skin incision passes through important blood vessels and nerves. Patients with signs of systemic infection should be given systemic antibiotic treatment.

Second: place drainage: superficial abscess after incision often ooze blood, if there is no active bleeding, generally with gauze packing pus cavity compression can stop bleeding, do not use hemostatic forceps clamp, in order to avoid tissue damage. When placing drainage, one end of gauze should be placed at the bottom of the abscess cavity, not at the mouth of the abscess cavity to block the abscess cavity and affect the smooth drainage. The outer part of the drainage strip should be spread out to separate the two sides of the incision. Do not only separate the central part of the incision, so as to avoid premature healing at both ends of the incision, reducing the drainage port and affecting the drainage.

Third: suture: when the pus drainage is clean, suture should be carried out. For the long incision (> 2 cm), especially in the important parts involving beauty, special suture should be carried out as far as possible.

matters needing attention

1. Do not squeeze the pus by hand, because it will aggravate the infection and bring more trouble. You should go to the hospital in time. Once the boil is broken, the affected part should be cleaned with medical alcohol or light saline in time, and the health of the affected part should be maintained, and further treatment should be carried out in the hospital.