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Is Epson Salt In Warm Water Good For Wound In Toe?

Hello doctor, I stubbed my toe yesterday you see, and I seem to have punctured it as well. The hole is painful and it's hard to walk, but it's not huge and I can easily cover it with a bandaid. However the hole ... I can see a bit of my inner flesh and around the outside the wound is all white, my mother told me to soak my foot in warm water, epson salt and alcohol to make sure it doesn't get infected. Is this a good idea and if not what should I do?
posted on Sat, 15 Mar 2014
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HI, thanks for using healthcare magic

You may not want to keep the area wet because this sometimes delays healing or predisposes to infection.

You can consider washing the area with normal saline or salt water if the saline is not available and applying an antibiotic cream.

Anti inflammatory pain killers would help to reduce the pain that you are experiencing. Examples are ibuprofen, cataflam, aspirin, naproxen

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Is Epson Salt In Warm Water Good For Wound In Toe?

HI, thanks for using healthcare magic You may not want to keep the area wet because this sometimes delays healing or predisposes to infection. You can consider washing the area with normal saline or salt water if the saline is not available and applying an antibiotic cream. Anti inflammatory pain killers would help to reduce the pain that you are experiencing. Examples are ibuprofen, cataflam, aspirin, naproxen I hope this helps