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Crashed My Bike Today
Re: Crashed My Bike Today
by smallpoxgirl » Sun 20 Jul 2008, 01:37:54
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'I') just NOW noticed the skinny streams of fluid have reached my feet and are now dripping on the floor. Is this a sign of possible infection or normal?
Probably not a big deal. Abrasions tend to weep a lot of serum. If it's coming out of a deeper hole near the knee joint itself, then that could be joint fluid which would be a bad thing. Injuries that penetrate into the joint generally require washing the joint out in the operating room to prevent the joint from becoming infected.
Signs of wound infection are redness, warmth, pain, swelling, and loss function. You're going to have some of all that from the original injury but it should get progressively better. If it starts getting worse, that'd be the time to worry. Puss (white, grey, or green goopy drainage) can be a sign of infection. You'll get some white stuff coagulated on the wound as it heals, but if you're getting a lot of that kind of drainage on the bandage that could be worrisome. Also systemic symptoms - feeling ill, temp over 100.4, or chills would be worrisome.
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Re: Crashed My Bike Today
by dunewalker » Sun 20 Jul 2008, 09:19:43
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', '
')I see you're in northern California. You must be on vacation. Nice.
')I see you're in northern California. You must be on vacation. Nice.
Why do you presume I'm on vacation, because of of the dry lake? No, I was riding from home. Northern California has a varied geography, for sure...
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Re: Crashed My Bike Today
by eastbay » Sun 20 Jul 2008, 10:04:57
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dunewalker', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', '
')I see you're in northern California. You must be on vacation. Nice.
')I see you're in northern California. You must be on vacation. Nice.
Why do you presume I'm on vacation, because of of the dry lake? No, I was riding from home. Northern California has a varied geography, for sure...
Yeah, it was the dry lake. I kinda figured you were in the southern part. Almost impossible to crash on a dry lake.
SPG,
Thanks for the information. As I sit here reading po.com at 7am, a tiny yellow streamlet is creeping down from the skin wound across my calf and drying as it heads to my feet. No unusual warmth. No body temp. All appears on proper track.
But day two and it still stings, which is to be expected. If the hospital was one rather than 25 miles away, I may have dropped in right away too. It's that deep.
As more and more take to bicycles this sort of injury will become more commonplace. Home remedies, such as AC's kind suggestion, will be the primary path to healing.
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