Hello  doctor, I stubbed my toe yesterday you see, and I seem to have punctured it as well. The hole is painful and its hard to walk, but its not huge and I can easily cover it with a bandaid. However the hole ... I can see a bit of my inner flesh and around the outside the wound is all white, my mother told me to soak my foot in warm water, epson salt and alcohol to make sure it doesnt get infected. Is this a good idea and if not what should I do?
HI, thanks for using Chat Doctor You may not want to keep the area wet because this sometimes delays healing or predisposes to infection. You can consider washing the area with normal saline or salt water if the saline is not available and applying an antibiotic cream.Anti-inflammatory painkillers would help to reduce the pain that you are experiencing. Examples are ibuprofen, Catalan, aspirin, naproxen hope this helps