The treatment measures for a pencil lead stuck in the flesh and can’t come out include timely removal, going to the hospital, cleaning, and stopping bleeding when bleeding.
1. Remove it in time: It should be dealt with at the first time by pulling out the pencil lead completely, not letting it remain in the body, and the broken pencil lead should be taken out slowly and gently with fingernail or using thin tweezers.
2. Go to the hospital: If you can’t pull it out, it is recommended to go to the hospital, take out the pencil lead as soon as possible to avoid the infection caused by long time in the soft tissue. If the pencil lead is not taken out for a long time, it may lead to localized suppurative infection or even cause muscle and other soft tissue necrosis.
3. Local cleansing and washing: after removing the pencil lead, the place where the pencil lead is inserted should be cleaned with saline and hydrogen peroxide to prevent infection.
4. Dressing: Use band-aid or sterile gauze to cover the wound locally to avoid dust and bacterial infection.
Also try not to get water on the wound during recovery to prevent infection.