What to do with a cut on your hand from a kitchen knife

Finger cut by a kitchen knife treatment depends on the degree of injury, the follow-up treatment is also different, including compression to stop bleeding, disinfection, suture, etc., the specific use of which method depends on the specific circumstances. First of all, regardless of the severity of the injury, you should apply pressure to stop the bleeding. Use sterile gauze or clean paper towels to compress the bleeding area. If the amount of bleeding is large, you can put pressure on the side of the cut finger to stop bleeding, so that the bleeding will be reduced. After the bleeding stops, the wound can be sterilized with iodophor or alcohol, and then topical mupirocin ointment, erythromycin ointment to prevent infection after bandaging, and regular medication changes can be made. For more serious finger cuts, or may be injured tendons, ligaments may occur, at this time is not recommended at home to deal with, it is recommended to immediately go to the emergency department of the hospital or the corresponding hand surgery for vascular tendon examination, and surgical closure of the wound, connecting tendons and other treatments. Hand cut by kitchen knife, wound treatment also need to be injected with tetanus antitoxin to prevent tetanus, taking amoxicillin, cefaclor and other antibiotics to prevent infection. If there are tendon injuries, after healing, you need to follow the doctor’s instructions to carry out training of tendon function, to prevent future muscle contracture, which affects the subsequent life.