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If you've been pricked by a thorn and it's stuck in your skin, there are a variety of tricks you can try at home to get it out. The key is to make sure everything is sterilized and you're not digging around too much—you don't want to cause...
I had quite some thorns in my skin, especially in my hands, which I was able to remove except for one thorn that stuck deep in the base of my left thumb. I tried with needles and tweezers, but it was too deep and I gave up and left it alone.
Leave a thorn or splinter of wood in your body for a few months, and it's likely to disintegrate and further stimulate your body's immune response. And any infection left untreated can spread and cause septicaemia or blood poisoning. So leaving a splinter alone isn't without risks.
Sometimes the body can naturally expel a splinter from the skin without causing an inflammatory response, Biehler said. Other times, the splinter may stay in the skin forever.
After removing the peel or skin, remove the splinter with a pair of tweezers. Wash the area thoroughly with soap and water, apply antibiotic ointment, and cover with a bandage until the wound...
Foreign objects that penetrate the skin and end up trapped under the skin is a common injury. Usually, very small particles that remain under the skin don’t cause problems or need treatment, and sometimes move up to the surface on their own. Other times objects under the skin can cause infection.
If the thorn or splinter is visible because it sticks out of the skin, you can try to extract it with disinfected eyebrow tweezers. If the thorn is deeper, you should pour some lukewarm water into a basin and add to it some Purell or a similar sodium hypochlorite-based product.
Learn how to to deal with wounds from all kinds of thorns, spines, splinters, shards, quills, needles, and anything else that might get under your skin when you’re on the trail.
Splinters can be easily removed from the skin using tweezers. However, if the splinter is deep in the skin it can be difficult to remove and should be left in place. Advise the casualty to seek medical help. Clean the area around the splinter carefully with warm water and soap.
If it turns out that the foreign object embedded in the skin is causing severe bleeding or an allergic reaction, go to urgent care. And please be advised, that thorns from certain plants can cause some serious health concerns if they splinter off into the skin.