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Ollieda
Joined: 27 Nov 2008
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Location: Sandhurst and Cheltenham
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 Posted Sun Nov 8, 2009 8:39 am |
I got hit by a car about a month ago and alongside the more prominent injuries I had a bit of road rash on my forearm. This has mostly healed now leaving just a few small scars however I find in that area I keep getting spots (think teenager going through puberty type spots). I have no idea why this is, I always give the area a good scrub in the shower and keep the area generally clean.
My friend mentioned that maybe there could be some grit stuck in there. I doubt it as I was luck enough to have St. Johns at work in the evening as we had an event on and they cleaned the area and bandaged it. The next day whilst attending a follow up at the hospital they cleaned it all again and put new bandages on so I'm pretty certain there's no grit in there!
Is this normal for road rash? Or could there be a problem?
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mcflyss
Joined: 09 Dec 2006
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Location: Ipswich, Suffolk, UK
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Posted Sun Nov 8, 2009 10:09 am |
Are you putting any Moistriser (SP) on your arm at all? I some times suffer with really dry elbows and if Iput a bit of the Mrs Moistriser on it i can some times get a few small red spots around the area.. might just be trapped pours or some thing that have not healed properly... Dunno... just my 2 pence!
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on the road
Joined: 12 Oct 2005
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Location: Liverpool
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Posted Sun Nov 8, 2009 10:32 am |
Did they clean it with a special type of lotion? They usually put some lotion on a lint and wipe the effected area and it stings like hell but it gets all the grit out.
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tri-sexual
Joined: 21 Mar 2009
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Posted Sun Nov 8, 2009 10:37 am |
next time wear a condom 
just joking mate, nice to hear from someone in "sunny" gloucestershire
when you get abrasions from a rough road surface you may get a rash which will heal realatively quickly ( afew weeks or so) but may leave a mark which may look like a birth mark, this will eventually fade but it is a very long process which can take over a year but will eventually disappear. if however the wound was not cleaned properly after the incident and the skin heals over the dirty wound then this "scaring" WILL be permanent and is akin to a tatoo where the mark is below the skin so that it is visable but cannot be removed (without surgery) leaving a "dirt" mark on the skin
is the wound painful or causing discomfort? if it is then go see your gp to make sure that there is no infection to the area. keep wound clean - good luck
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hopper1
Joined: 16 Aug 2008
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Location: Norfolk coast.
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Ollieda
Joined: 27 Nov 2008
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Location: Sandhurst and Cheltenham
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Posted Sun Nov 8, 2009 12:04 pm |
I don't think they used any special solution to wash it, I'm pretty sure it was your bog standard saline solution. Both St. Johns and the hospital had a little scrub at it but not with anything like a nail brush!
Doesn't particularly hurt, sometimes a bit sore if there is a large spot there and I knock it against something. I'll give it a few more weeks to see if its still happening before checking with a GP, never had great service with GPs so I try to avoid whenever I can.
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hopper1
Joined: 16 Aug 2008
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Posted Sun Nov 8, 2009 12:51 pm |
| Ollieda wrote: | I don't think they used any special solution to wash it, I'm pretty sure it was your bog standard saline solution. Both St. Johns and the hospital had a little scrub at it but not with anything like a nail brush!
Doesn't particularly hurt, sometimes a bit sore if there is a large spot there and I knock it against something. I'll give it a few more weeks to see if its still happening before checking with a GP, never had great service with GPs so I try to avoid whenever I can. |
During this time, make a note if the spots are always in the same area, or not, it may help the GP.
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kayakerchris
Joined: 07 Jul 2009
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Posted Mon Nov 9, 2009 2:28 pm |
OK, Generally we reccomend the scrubbing brush less and less fo this type of injury as it is very easy to turn simple into complex. The vast majority of dirt will come out as the wound heals. I would generally recommend thorough irrigation. ie pour 10 litres of tap water over it as a minimum. Just put the limb or body part under a hower or tap.
Then you can use either a hydrocolloid dressing or a standard non adherent dressing.
If the areas that you are talking about are like acne spots then I suspect this is exactly what they are. When the body heals, the sweat glands become overactive to moisturise the new skin and as a result of increased blood flow in the area. This plus the scarring which occurs around some of the sweat glands will lead to the formation of comedos or acne type spots. I would certainly moisturise all areas of significant road rash, gently expressing the spots may help, and do use a high factor sun block for the next year or kep the area out of the sun.
Chris
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Ollieda
Joined: 27 Nov 2008
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Location: Sandhurst and Cheltenham
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Posted Mon Nov 9, 2009 7:03 pm |
Thanks buddy, I'll start putting the moisturiser on regularly. Hopefully should get better soon.
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Shmo
Joined: 14 Mar 2007
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Location: Swansea, UK
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Posted Mon Nov 9, 2009 9:12 pm |
Heh I remember having a pimple on my arm which I couldn't resist squeezing and the whole area got infected. Might want to use anti-microbial moisturiser just in case if you can get some although will probably need something stronger if it does get infected. But I'm not a doctor and know f all so disregard this post.
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