How to bleed from foot scratches

Patients with foot scratches accompanied by bleeding, generally often have the following treatment: a. If the foot scratch is superficial and bleeding is small, then you can disinfect the foot 2-3 times through the vital iodine cotton ball, local external sterile gauze with pressure bandage, most patients in 5-10 minutes, the local bleeding can stop on its own. Second, if the patient’s foot cut is deeper, accompanied by obvious swelling, pain and active bleeding, it is recommended to give hydrogen peroxide, vital iodine, saline alternately rinse, to avoid the residue of foreign substances in the tissue. After the rinsing, the local debridement, suturing and complete hemostasis, and local ice can be given within 24 hours of injury to effectively reduce the symptoms of swelling. The above two cases, although the degree of foot injury is different, but both should be injected within 24 hours of injury tetanus antitoxin or tetanus immunoglobulin to prevent tetanus infection.