Blood blisters???

[nodachi]

Similar to my how you take care of blisters thread, but maybe care for these is different.

What do you do with blood blisters? Got a nice one today on my left foot. Need to correct my footwork, I know, so I am mainly concerned with how to heal the blister. What do you folks do, or is it the same care as a regular blister? Want to pop it, but not sure if I should with these, must resist the little kid in me... difficult... :)

[Karaken]

Similar to my how you take care of blisters thread, but maybe care for these is different.

What do you do with blood blisters? Got a nice one today on my left foot. Need to correct my footwork, I know, so I am mainly concerned with how to heal the blister. What do you folks do, or is it the same care as a regular blister? Want to pop it, but not sure if I should with these, must resist the little kid in me... difficult... :)

Treat it same as regular blister - just because it's red, doesn't mean much blood in there. It's still mostly liquid.

1. Do not pop it
2. Put pressure on it ( Gauze or folded tissue ) and wrap it well with bandages. Don't worry about infection, it's not popped.
3. Within a day or two - it'll become flat ( Liquid is absorbed back )
4. Remove pressure gauze or tissue and just use bandage to protect the blister
5. Next one of these two things happens - if blister is not big, it might actually disappear. Or if Blister doesn't heal, new skin is being hardened underneath. Just keep on protecting the blister, when it opens eventually, the new skin will be hard enough to be exposed. Then you can cut away dead skin.

I'm not a doctor but I had blisters from all kinds of sports, this method always worked for me. ( A least painful option )

Center

[Phorest]

When i first started I had one a little bit bigger than a quarter on the front pad of my left foot (the part you keep on the floor in Chudan). It hurt like CRAZY to put any pressure on it.

I wore 2 pairs of socks and wrapped it with gauze to go to school for 2 days, then decided to pop it since it was so annoying. I sterilized a sewing needle....and just stuck it in. Surprisingly this didn't hurt at all. I just sat on the lip of the bathub and drained it for a while, then put a bandaid on it and I was good to go.

[heri0n]

popping them is the only way to go.. :P

[supernils]

popping them is the only way to go.. :P
at least if you need to practice the day after.

[kendomushi]

15 years as an air force medic, and my own countless number of blood blisters when I started kendo tell me karaken is most correct here.
Even if you need to practice the next day, avoid popping it. That will only create the chance for infection and an infection can keep you off the foot lots longer than the blister can.
If you can't help yourself, use a sterilized sharp scissors (like a cuticle scissor), boil it or at least wash in alcohol first, make the smallest cut possible, watch out for the spray, and then still follow karakens instructions.

[JSchmidt]

If you can't help yourself, use a sterilized sharp scissors (like a cuticle scissor), boil it or at least wash in alcohol first, make the smallest cut possible, watch out for the spray, and then still follow karakens instructions.

I've always popped them with a heated needle and applied anti-septic cream on top.

Jakob

[taiwnezboi]

I squeeze them really hard w/ my nails to pop them, but nowadays when I get blisters the skin is already so thick that I have to use nail clippers. Anyways it won't get infected if you just put some Neosporin on it after popping it and cutting away the skin.

[sminki]

If it's small enough for the liquid (the ooze) to be absorbed back, I leave it alone. Chances are, even after the liquid is absorbed, the skin will not be completely reattached, so it will come off eventually, but usually not as painfully as popping it.

If it's big enough that the liquid will not easily be absorbed, I pop it. just a little hole to minimize infection and MAKING SURE to disinfect/sterilize it as often as possible. Then, when the entire piece of loose skin is dry and the inside is healing properly, I cut out the skin so that new callous may form around and over the spot.

[rottunpunk]

what i learned is that the liquid is there for a reason-its to cool down the burned skin-or something by moisture or summit

but i must agree popping is really cool

i used to get loads of huge blisters before my steelies got worn in and if you push all the liquid to one end and then pierce that end whilst keeping pressure on then the liquid flies for miles-tis cool

ok too much grossness there-sorry

bin revising national autonomy and i still dont know what it is even though i know the cases surrounding it-not that i can remember them-revision sucks

:p

[Jez_A]

Hi,

After a particularly strenious training session recently, I suffered from a very severe blister across my left foot, from the ball to the fourth toe. Unfortunately the blister burst whilst training, and a large, thick piece of skin peeled off.

After cleaning the exposed skin, with anticeptic wipes (yowwww!!!), and placing a temporary dressing & crepe bandage across the blister, I visited a doctor who advised the use of Silvazine Cream (used on burns victims - a combination of Silver Sulphadiazine & Chlorhexidine Digluconate).

This cream along with a surgical dressing and a firm bandage, have helped heal the very tender/painful injury very quickly. Hopefully I'll be back in the Dojo in a couple of days.

Cheers
Jez

[LTCsoyscents]

[QUOTE=Jez_A]

After cleaning the exposed skin, with anticeptic wipes (yowwww!!!), and placing a temporary dressing & crepe bandage across the blister, I visited a doctor who advised the use of Silvazine Cream (used on burns victims - a combination of Silver Sulphadiazine & Chlorhexidine Digluconate).


I came across this site after doing a google search on blood blisters. I found one on my son's foot today and did not really know how to help him. He is 7 years old.

I have found the input on what you have or have not done very useful.

I too use silver to kill infections, but I use it as a liquid and take orally and topically.

I have found this site to have the best:
http://utopiasilver.com/afil/clickthru.cgi?id=Kimberlee (http://utopiasilver.com/afil/clickthru.cgi?id=Kimberlee)

You can buy direct from them, but if they do not ship to you, you may want to try another company.

I have found this to be a must have item for a lot of things, and it also saves money on visits to the doctor as well.

Thanks for blister info, I will not pop unless really needed.



LTC

[aprilapple]

I just got my first blood blister... it healed but it's black and gross....
Will the discoloration go away? D=