Ride a bicycle to "plow the fields"! Scar removal gel to prevent scars

Spring is a good time for outings. Scenes of families riding bicycles together to chase the wind often appear on bicycle roads or river embankments. However, hospitals have also found that children have fallen due to accidental plowing while riding bicycles. In the injury cases, there is obvious growth, especially the injured parts are mainly the hands, forearms, calves, feet, thighs, upper arms, knees, etc., and the upper limbs are more numerous than the lower limbs. Doctors remind you that once trauma occurs, do not use folk remedies casually. You should seek immediate wound treatment and transfer to a pediatric surgery professional for treatment, so as not to cause inflammation or scarring. Once trauma occurs, do not use folk remedies casually. You should seek immediate wound treatment and refer to a pediatric surgery professional for treatment. (Photography/Huang Zhiwen)

Zhang Jiren, the attending physician of the Department of Pediatric Surgery at Sun Kong Hospital, said that bicycles are a means of transportation that are "people wrapped in iron". Many children are very excited when they first learn to ride a bicycle, so they go out more frequently to practice. A large increase. On the other hand, due to unstable control, the chance of a crash is also greatly increased. If you are not wearing a helmet, wrist guards, knee pads and other assistive devices, serious trauma may occur. The number of bicycle trauma cases is gradually increasing, including falling from mountain roads into valleys, or being chased by cars after falling. There was even a doctor who was injured while riding a bicycle and was hospitalized.

Once trauma occurs to children, parents should not panic too much and pay attention to the following simple first aid treatment principles for trauma:

1. Stop bleeding: Use sterile gauze and apply direct pressure. Cover the wound to stop bleeding and elevate the injured limb (above the heart).

Rinse with cold water or tap water first.

Wipe dry with cotton swab (wipe carefully from inside to outside).

Wipe again to disinfect (wipe from the inside out).

If the injured area is on the limb without friction from clothing, there is no need to cover it with gauze.

Large and deep wounds should be sent to a doctor for suturing.

If the wound is dirty or caused by rust, you should go to the hospital for injection of tetanus antitoxin.

The circumstances under which you need to seek help from a doctor for trauma are as follows:

1. If the wound is more than 1 cm deep, or reaches the fat layer or muscle layer, suturing is usually required.

2. The amount of bleeding is heavy, or bleeding still occurs after 10 minutes of compression.

3. Foreign bodies in the wound cannot be removed by themselves.

4. Two days after the injury, the wound is still red and swollen, or there is secretion.

5. The injury affects the movement of the hands (fingers) or feet (toes). Dr. Zhang Jiren said that in addition to the wound disinfection and suture treatment by emergency physicians, in order to avoid leaving scars on the wound, it is best to transfer it to the pediatric surgery department to take over the care of the wound. Scar removal gel can be used to manage scars and prevent scars. produce. (Photography/Huang Manying)

In addition to the hospital emergency physician disinfecting and suturing the wound, in order to avoid leaving scars on the wound, it is best to transfer it to the pediatric surgery department to take over the care of the wound. Currently, scar removal is available Gel performs scar management and prevents scars.

Dr. Zhang Jiren said that the material of this scar removal gel is mainly silicone. Silicone has the function of locking a moisture barrier, reducing water loss and preventing fibroblasts from being overactivated. . You must wait until the wound is completely sealed before starting to use it. It is generally recommended to continue applying it for 3 months. However, if you have keloids, you may need to use it for 6 months. This can reduce the height of keloids.