Wound Care Question - Tooo deep

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I self harmed a few hours ago on my wrists, it wont stop bleeding, its pretty deep.. I have tried, to stem the flow but with no avail.. What do you do when it gets as bad as this.. Think i gone to far tis time if im honest

[Animad]

Put gauze pads over it or a clean towel or something, keep pressure on them and if possible keep them raised, as it's both you'd have to either have someone to help or put tight bandages on them (but not so tight that your fingers become blue/ you get pins and needles or lose sensation). If it bleeds through a layer, put another on, don't remove the first. If they are still bleeding after 10minutes under pressure, are gaping more than 1cm you need yo go to a+e, or you're down to the fat layer (yellow and bubbly) then you should go to a+e as they probably need stitching.

By the sounds of what you've said already, I think you should go to a+e especially as it's on your wrist and the movement of the skin there can make it hard to close otherwise and due to it's anatomy.

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Thankyou For your reply, i did all that, its not stopped bleeding properly but its quite slow now, im changing the dressing every hour now instead of every 20 minutes

I will go get checked later on, theres no yellow bubbly bit you said about so im sure it will be ok
Thankyou again x

[Animad]

Yeah, I'd still get it checked though if you can.

If you're worried about going to the hospital becuase of them knowing your details/ getting on your medical notes or whatever (because I can remember your thread saying the social services or someone were worried about your children) then you can go to an NHS walk-in centre as there you don't have to give them your details/ you can tell them not to send your notes on to your GP. You can type in your post code here (link!) and set up a search for local NHS walk in centres.

Minor Injury units are also good as they have lower waiting times than a+e which is definately a good thing on a Saturday morning.

It's bettrer to get it looked at sooner rather than later as many doctors/nurses in the majority of cases will only stitch wounds up to 8hrs after they were done.