How to get a splinter out of your hand easily

If you want to remove a thorn in your hand easily, you need to deal with it according to the size and depth of the thorn, and smaller thorns can be removed on their own. Smaller thorns can be removed on their own, but if the thorn is too deep, you need to go to the hospital in time to deal with it. 1. Small thorns and shallow penetration: If the thorns are small and only lodged in the surface layer of the skin, special treatment is often not required. After a period of time, it can fall off by itself with the regeneration of the skin. You can also use a sterilized needle or sterile tweezers to remove the splinter along the wound, or soak your hands in hot water before removing the splinter, so that the epidermis will soften and relax, and it may be easier to remove the splinter. 2. Large thorns and deep penetration: If the thorns are large and deep penetration, failure to remove them in time may cause the foreign body to remain, and gradually form abnormal granulation tissue, or even cause inflammation, redness, swelling, pain, inflammatory exudation and other symptoms. In this case, you need to go to the hospital in time to cut open the skin to take out the splinter. Once the infection occurs, you need to do timely debridement, and external erythromycin ointment or oral amoxicillin and other antibiotic drugs. Need to inject tetanus antitoxin to prevent tetanus after the hand stabbing injury.