What to do if the wound oozes yellow water after a fall

After a fall, tissue damage and wounds often occur. If you do not pay attention to recovery, infection may occur. The appearance of yellow water indicates infection. At this time, anti-inflammatory treatment should be carried out in time, and some surface contaminants of the wound should be removed. Then, anti-inflammatory treatment should be carried out and bandage should be applied. The dressing should be changed regularly to ensure that the wound site of the fall can gradually recover.

What to do if the wound oozes yellow water after a fall

1. Causes of wound scabs and yellow water discharge

In fact, if yellow fluid starts to ooze out of a wound after it has scabbed, it is mostly caused by inflammation and infection of the wound. The scab at this time is a pseudo-healing. In fact, the inflammation of the wound has not been truly eliminated. Inflammation continues to occur under the scab, causing exudate to flow out and the wound to fail to heal for a long time.

How to deal with wound scabs and yellow water discharge

Clinically, most people recommend cleaning the scab tissue at the wound site for this situation. If the patient's scab is hard, it is recommended to use absorbent cotton soaked in saline to apply a wet compress on the sore surface, and then use medical scissors to cut off the scab of the wound. If there is tissue necrosis under the scab, it should be cleaned up as well. Most tissue necrosis caused by long-term inflammatory reactions will affect wound healing.

After cleaning, insist on changing the dressing on the wound. If the inflammation is mild, most people choose to change the dressing with iodine gauze once a day. The exudate will be reduced and the wound will heal slowly. If the inflammation at the wound site is severe, antibiotics and dressings can be used accordingly based on the bacterial culture results. If there is a Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection, the dressing can be changed with 0.1% phenoxyethanol, sulfadiazine silver soft gel or 1% acetic acid solution. If the wound is still large after cleaning and to a certain extent, conventional wound dressing changes are not effective, consider wound closing dressing treatment to eliminate inflammation and accelerate healing. For patients with scar-prone constitution, the wound can be closed by secondary suture or skin grafting after the infection is completely controlled, the granulation tissue on the wound surface is fresh and there is no obvious secretion.

Precautions: During the wound healing process, scabs often appear. Scabs are mainly caused by the clumps of platelets and fibrin coagulated on the surface of the wound or sore, which will fall off by themselves after the wound or sore heals. Scabbing of wounds is a normal physiological reaction of the patient's body, but this physiological reaction is not necessarily helpful for wound healing. In some cases, it may even become the "behind-the-scenes pusher" of wound ulcers and long-term non-healing of wounds. It is necessary to observe the condition of the wound site more closely, provide good care, and deal with special situations in a timely manner to make the wound heal as soon as possible.