General Medical Question - Urgent - Wound discharge

[Arohnr]

Sorry I post so much here lately...

I cut pretty deep about five days ago...to the muscle. It should've had stitches. I didn't put anything on it at the time (stupid). I put some antibiotic ointment on it the next day, and after a couple days it finally scabbed over. I was picking at it today (yes I know, again I'm a dumbass) and I noticed some brownish pus coming from under the scab, so I tore off the whole scab, washed it with soap, and poured rubbing alcohol on it. The pus smelled somewhat like the pus that came from my burn when I burned myself before..could this cut be infected? It shows no other signs of infection. One cut near it which is also bad, had a yellowish scab on it...but no other signs of infection. Should I put a bandage on the real bad one? Try to steri strip it? Keep putting alcohol on it? I don't wanna mess with infections.

Thanks guys,
Matt

[Bitter_Angel]

Do not steri strip it! The infection needs to be able to escape.

You need to put some anti bacterial cream on a non stick gauze over the top.
Use something like a tubigrip/ACE wrap to hold it in place.
Change the dressing twice a day putting more cream on it each time and observe for signs of infection.
Avoid using the rubbing alcohol as this can irratate the wound. Try not to pick at it either.

Take care
Kim