Being stabbed by pepper thorns which are painful and swollen can be dealt with by means of debridement and disinfection treatment and medication.
1. Cleaning and disinfecting treatment: If the patient is stabbed by pepper thorns, then disinfect the wound by picking out the thorns with a needle and disinfecting the wound with disinfectant solution such as iodophor. If the thorns are very thin, can be used transparent adhesive paste on the affected area, and then in the direction of the thorns, quickly tear off the transparent adhesive, often can be removed thorns.
2. Medication: If the patient has localized pain, numbness, swelling and pain, it is mostly caused by allergy or infection in the affected area. If it is caused by allergy, you can use hydrocortisone butyrate ointment and other drugs, and take loratadine treatment; if it is caused by infection, you can use mupirocin ointment, erythromycin ointment and other drugs, and take amoxicillin and other antibiotic treatment.
Patients should pay attention to the cleaning and care of the wound during the recovery process, and pay attention to observation, if the condition worsens, they should go to the hospital in time.