Keeps reopening/bleeding *Graphic*
 

I cut on top of my shoulder two days ago, all the way through the skin and on one cut i nicked as well a vein i think because that one keeps clotting and then reopening and bleeding again when i move around during the day. what should i do?

I had similar cuts on my leg, in the sense that they hadn't stopped bleeding after 24 hours. My advice would be to do what I did - go straight to Accident & Emergency at your local hospital, or a walk in clinic if you can, and ask for stitches. They'll give the wound a proper clean after numbing it up with local anaesthetic and then either glue it together or stich it. I have had both done to me last night, and it sounds like you need stitches. Without them, it will be very difficult for your body to heal and you will almost certainly get an infection.

If this wound gets infected, you could be in a lot of trouble as it is quite close to your heart, and you could end up with septicaemia. You'd probably faint and get very ill, meaning you'd be taken to hospital, and then your parents woul almost certainly find out.

I would really recommend you go to a walk in centre as soon as possible. With me, they advised me to go and speak to a counsellor, but it was not forced upon me. They stithed me up, gave me a tetanus jab and some bandages and left me to it, s I'm glad I went.

Don't be scared to go, because hopefully you, like me, will feel so much better when they are done.

Follow what is said in the Wound Care Guide. When it bleeds keep applying pressure to the area and if it continues to after 10mins of pressure then it needs to be looked at. Really being how long it is since it was done then they are very unlikely to stitch it and if you think they need to be stitched (the guidelines for this are in the link) then you need to get it checked out ASAP; waiting for 24hours isn't a good idea as most of the time wounds won't be stitched after 6-12hrs depending where you go and where it is.

hey,
i went to see a nurse and she said it was too late for
stitches and i should have come in earlier :(.
but i new dressings tho and they're better.
thanks for the advice. i wont leave it so late again...