Wound in the tropics ?

[noserider]

Die Da Yao Jing was used all over Indo when I spent significant time surfing and diving there in the late 90's. It was the go to treatment by both surfers and divers for every cut, scrape and wound to keep you in the water and seemed to work from minor wounds to quite nasty back lacerations where surfers had been dragged over a reef or held down on one in some of the pumping surf.

I did get told it was illegal in the UK and hence cannot vouch for the ingredients but was far better than just betadine

 

[scubajunky17]

Die Da Yao Jing was used all over Indo when I spent significant time surfing and diving there in the late 90's. It was the go to treatment by both surfers and divers for every cut, scrape and wound to keep you in the water and seemed to work from minor wounds to quite nasty back lacerations where surfers had been dragged over a reef or held down on one in some of the pumping surf.



I did get told it was illegal in the UK and hence cannot vouch for the ingredients but was far better than just betadine

I do wonder if it has some steroid in it, Chinese put all kinds of unlisted ingredients in the actual product.
But if it works I don't care, do I still wash it with soapy water or just keep applying this Jing stuff on it?

 

[noserider]

I do wonder if it has some steroid in it, Chinese put all kinds of unlisted ingredients in the actual product.
But if it works I don't care, do I still wash it with soapy water or just keep applying this Jing stuff on it?

From memory it dried the wounds out really quickly, I just used to apply it every time I came out of the water from memory but it was 24 years since i have used it

 

[scubajunky17]

From memory it dried the wounds out really quickly, I just used to apply it every time I came out of the water from memory but it was 24 years since i have used it

Thanks, it does seem to have scabbed straight away too, might just give quick rinse then apply.

 

[scubajunky17]

I think it looks ok, slight swelling but very slight that's all.

 

[pauldw]

Once I stepped on a nail while walking on a beach on vacation. After a day or so, I noticed red streaks going up my leg along the veins. That seemed like something a doctor should look at. Apart from antibiotics, the ER doc had something like a coated wire he jammed up into the nail hole for cleaning, I guess. It hurt. His response was "Life is pain." So, treat your toe how you want to, but apparently we're supposed to embrace the pain. Or ignore it. Or something.

 

[chillyinCanada]

You might dive with it and be totally OK. On the other hand....

About a onth ago I developed a blister on my toe, and it broke. No big deal, right? I treated it as I would any other wound, and I was not diving with it. It wouldn't heal. I happened to have a doctor's appointment for a different issue, and I pointed it out. The doctor had it cultured.

Strep.

I ended up with hard core antibiotics, and I had two weeks of pain before it got reasonably healthy. It still bothers me a little.

By the way, flesh eating bacteria is a form of strep.

Wow! Merely from a broken blister, that you were keeping clean and dry? Or were you keeping it bandaged and it was staying moist?

 

[chillyinCanada]

I think it looks ok, slight swelling but very slight that's all.

When was your last tetanus shot?

 

[Joneill]

I know, and im looking for the best advice to do that.
Had infections before and they are not fun in the tropics for sure and very dangerous.

For what it’s worth, here’s something I found (hopefully not already linked in this thread):

Is The Ocean Good For My Wounds? - Dynamic Podiatry

 

[scubajunky17]

When was your last tetanus shot?

A long time ago but there is 30 years protection I believe.