Cut my hand open on a tack strip 3 weeks ago in Phoenix and it still hasn't healed right

I was doing a quick bedroom job for a rental property and my knee slid off the knee kicker and my hand went right into a tack strip I left exposed. Blood everywhere and I had to pack up and go to urgent care. Got four stitches but the wound keeps getting infected and I'm already behind on two jobs. Has anyone else had trouble with healing time on these cuts or is it just because it's been so hot and dusty out here?

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karen_west5917d ago

Girl yes same thing happened to me in Tucson last summer! I slammed my palm down on a tack strip trying to catch myself and it got all puffy and red for weeks. The heat and dust here is horrible for healing I swear it takes twice as long as normal. I ended up having to go back to the doc for a second round of antibiotics and they told me to keep it covered with a dry bandage no matter how sweaty it got. Hope yours clears up soon it's a real pain in the butt.

emery_young1317d ago

Actually I kinda disagree with blaming the heat and dust. I've lived in humid climates my whole life where it's always sticky and gross and never had that issue with healing. If anything keeping a wound dry in humidity is way harder because the bandage sweats off. I think what people mistake for "dust irritation" is usually just not cleaning it right or picking at it. Plus tack strip injuries like that are deep puncture wounds more than scrapes so they're gonna take a while no matter where you are. Maybe the Tucson docs just see more of those and tell everyone it's the weather but really it's the wound itself. Have you tried just letting it breathe at night instead of keeping it covered?

the_adam15d ago

Has anyone else noticed that people just kinda latch onto one reason for stuff like this? Like it has to be the heat or the humidity or the dust but really half the time our bodies just heal weird and we make up stories about it.