What should I do if I can’t get a splinter out of my hand?

If you can’t get the splinter out of your hand, you can use professional tools or consult a doctor in time to avoid aggravation of the situation.
1. Use professional tools: If the end of the thorn in the hand is exposed and shallow, you can first use povidone-iodine to disinfect the local area, and use professional tools, such as sterile needles, medical tweezers, etc., in the local skin around the pinch, under the guidance of the doctor to make the thorn pinch or pick out, and then should be disinfected, and the wound will gradually heal.
2. Surgical removal: patients with deeper wounds, unable to use tools to pick out, should also go to the hospital in a timely manner, surgical incision of the skin to remove the thorns. Tetanus antitoxin injection is also needed to prevent tetanus after the wound.
It is recommended that patients should go to the hospital in time for appropriate treatment to avoid aggravation of the condition.