How to deal with child bites

Dr. Jordan Foster
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If you are bitten by a child, the general routine choice is intramuscular injection of tetanus, and then according to the site of the bite and the depth of the wound, choose whether to debride and suture. If it is shallow, only simple disinfection and symptomatic treatment are needed. Tetanus infection prevention can be done; if the wound is deep, we need debridement treatment and infection prevention treatment, because the mouth may carry some bacteria, which will lead to infection of the bite wound. Children if the bite is not very deep, only superficial skin infection, the wound only needs to be disinfected, pay attention to the changes in the wound can, after all, the child's strength is not too big, the bite is not deep, so simple treatment bandaging, prevent infection can, do not need special treatment. If local bruising, swelling obvious, can be applied to prevent infection can.

How to deal with child bites



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