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Ben C
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On 2008-06-06, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jun 5, 7:13 pm, "Bill Sornson" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> (PeteCresswell) wrote:
>> > Per John Forrest Tomlinson:
>> >> Because the odds of having the road rash are so low.
>>
>> >> You could fall and get an infection in other situations. Do you
>> >> carry the kit off the bike too?
>>
[...]
> Keep a bottle of hydrogen peroxide at home. It stings,
> but far less badly than rubbing alcohol. It's cheap at
> any drugstore. We used to bring it as part of the first
> aid kit at MTB and CX races, where scrapes and dirt
> are expected.
>
> Hydrogen peroxide and alcohol are not great
> disinfectants, but hydrogen peroxide is moderately
> effective for cleaning wounds. If you're really worried
> about this, you can follow up with an antibiotic cream.
> IMO, overuse of antibiotics is worse than the occasional
> scrape.
Do you get antibiotic creams or do you mean antiseptic? The problem with
them is that the half-used jar of gunge that's been in the medicine
cupboard for ten years is effectively a petri dish of agar sustaining
all kinds of nasties better not rubbed into your wounds.
I think it's usually from very deep cuts that you're at risk from
horrible infections. Road rash usually isn't very deep. In hospital
(here anyway) they just clean it with salt water and tell you to come
back if it looks like it's oozing or anything.
> If you get road rash, dressing it with Tegaderm or
> equivalent (semipermeable clear bandage - small
> ones about 3x4" are available at drugstores) will
> keep the wound moist and prevent scabbing. This
> heals more quickly and less painfully.
Do you want to prevent scabbing? What sometimes happens is the road
removes basically your whole face. Pretty soon scabs appear all over it
and you look a bit like Freddy Krueger for a while. Then they fall off
to miraculously reveal a brand new face underneath. Why interfere with
this process?
> On Jun 5, 7:13 pm, "Bill Sornson" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> (PeteCresswell) wrote:
>> > Per John Forrest Tomlinson:
>> >> Because the odds of having the road rash are so low.
>>
>> >> You could fall and get an infection in other situations. Do you
>> >> carry the kit off the bike too?
>>
[...]
> Keep a bottle of hydrogen peroxide at home. It stings,
> but far less badly than rubbing alcohol. It's cheap at
> any drugstore. We used to bring it as part of the first
> aid kit at MTB and CX races, where scrapes and dirt
> are expected.
>
> Hydrogen peroxide and alcohol are not great
> disinfectants, but hydrogen peroxide is moderately
> effective for cleaning wounds. If you're really worried
> about this, you can follow up with an antibiotic cream.
> IMO, overuse of antibiotics is worse than the occasional
> scrape.
Do you get antibiotic creams or do you mean antiseptic? The problem with
them is that the half-used jar of gunge that's been in the medicine
cupboard for ten years is effectively a petri dish of agar sustaining
all kinds of nasties better not rubbed into your wounds.
I think it's usually from very deep cuts that you're at risk from
horrible infections. Road rash usually isn't very deep. In hospital
(here anyway) they just clean it with salt water and tell you to come
back if it looks like it's oozing or anything.
> If you get road rash, dressing it with Tegaderm or
> equivalent (semipermeable clear bandage - small
> ones about 3x4" are available at drugstores) will
> keep the wound moist and prevent scabbing. This
> heals more quickly and less painfully.
Do you want to prevent scabbing? What sometimes happens is the road
removes basically your whole face. Pretty soon scabs appear all over it
and you look a bit like Freddy Krueger for a while. Then they fall off
to miraculously reveal a brand new face underneath. Why interfere with
this process?