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JonLongsonLongJonson t1_jdruo3j wrote

Reply to comment by anon_lurk in Incision in my arm that doctors left open for 2 weeks after a surgery. by soapboxingdaychamp

Well, the main problem I had was that the gauze dries out and sticks to you after a day and night. So to change it felt like peeling off an entire layer of skin off of the burned raw stuff underneath, every day for weeks. At a certain point it WAS peeling off fresh skin once it got healed enough that I didn’t change the bandages daily. So that really sucked that it was so painful every time.

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27catsinatrenchcoat t1_jdrqkjg wrote

Reply to An Extraordinarily Specific and Obscure Bumper Sticker by Nfarrah

I've seen this sticker on Reddit multiple times, but only once in person. I really wanted to honk, but I live in a state where everybody's packing and while The Mummy IS a cinematic masterpiece, it's not worth dying for.

I want it myself, but I'd probably panic thinking I did something wrong every time someone honked.

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anewconvert t1_jdrq72b wrote

Reply to comment by Benbot2000 in Incision in my arm that doctors left open for 2 weeks after a surgery. by soapboxingdaychamp

Bacteria aren’t smart. They don’t think “let’s go over there to eat”. They go from high pressure to low pressure (lots of bacteria to fewer bacteria).

Basically If you leave the wound open the bacteria can’t burrow into healthy tissue. They are met by a host of immune cells and connective tissue that makes the process hard. If you close the wound you trap the bacteria in a warm, wet space with plenty of food. They will multiply and pressure will build up and start separating the tissues and the bacteria will move into that new area. That’s an infection. If they have somewhere else to go that is no longer an infection. Leave the wound open and it will heal towards to skin, then the skin will heal over the healthy tissue and there will be no pocket for bacteria to hide in. This is a VERY simplistic way of describing the process.

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