A splinter in the hand should be removed promptly, the wound sterilized, and treated with medication.
1. Timely removal: the thorn into the hand should be promptly removed by hand or instrument to remove the thorn, if there is no exposed thorn on the surface of the body or can not be removed, you need to go to the hospital in a timely manner to cut the skin to remove the thorn.
2. Wound disinfection: rinse with water or hydrogen peroxide can also be used after rinsing wipe povidone-iodine, routine disinfection.
3. medication: thorns into the hand is easy to cause an anaerobic environment, can be injected with tetanus antitoxin, or tetanus immunoglobulin, to prevent tetanus bacillus infection; the wound is contaminated should also choose antibiotic treatment, such as amoxicillin, cefadroxil metronidazole and so on.
Prick into the finger, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.