You can’t touch water on a graze wound, or it may lead to wound infection.
Abrasion wounds can not touch the water, especially in the wound is not completely healed before do not touch the water, otherwise it may lead to wound infection, resulting in a large number of bacterial reproduction in the wound area, resulting in wound oozing, serious cases may even cause septic infection.
When abrasions appear after the wound, should be timely application of saline repeated rinsing, and the use of povidone-iodine disinfection, if the wound area is large, the skin breakage is more serious, should be rubbed on the surface of the wound mupirocin ointment, fusidic acid cream and other antibiotic ointment, regular medication, is conducive to anti-inflammatory, prevention of infection, but also to promote the wound to heal as soon as possible.
In addition, you need to keep the abrasion wound area clean and dry, to prevent wound infection. After the wound scabs fall off by themselves, the wound is completely healed, and then you can touch the water.
If the symptoms of abrasion wounds are serious, it is recommended to seek medical treatment as soon as possible, and be guided by a doctor for reasonable treatment.