Wounds & Injuries

Our pets are often just as important parts of our family as the human variety. Our beloved dogs are our companions through thick and thin, but they are also prone to getting cuts, scrapes and...

Oftentimes, at the first sign of blood, people panic. However, this is precisely the time you need to be calm and act quickly. If not treated immediately, a cut can turn into a severe infection....

A bump on the head is not only painful, but it can be frightening, especially if bleeding is involved. Knowing how to treat a cut scalp properly can be a handy piece of knowledge when you or a...

Anyone who has experienced a small cut knows that they can be very painful and upsetting for a minute but then easily forgotten. But don't let the fact that the pain fades quickly stop you from...

Paper cuts! Yee-owch. They happen all the time. They happen to all of us. No matter what we do for a living, or if we are housewives and mothers, we are bound to get one sooner or later. ...

If you have a minor cut that needs a band-aid, but don't have a band-aid handy, it's easy enough to make your own.

Your diet plays an important part in healing when you are cut, scraped, bruised, or wounded. Good nutrients are important to help heal your cut faster. The skin is designed to heal itself, but...

A paper cut is typically not a large cut, but boy oh boy, it can hurt like crazy. As is true of any other type of cut, you will want to treat a paper cut immediately in order to prevent it from...

There are some important things that need to be done to heal a cut finger so that you minimize scarring and prevent infection. You want to make sure that you heal a cut finger in a certain amount...

Most people will eventually end up with a scar on their body sooner or later. Scars can be unattractive and bothersome to some people. If you find that you have gotten a cut and are worried about...

The cut on your leg seems like it’s taking forever to heal. You don’t happen to have any fancy ointment, but you don’t need any, either to speed up the healing process. You...

A fish hook imbedded in the skin can be a very painful experience. When the hook has gone in past the barb, it can be troublesome to remove. Here is a simple method of extracting the hook that...

Some cuts can take time and supervised care to heal. There are ways to help the process move along faster.

Knife wounds usually appear on the upper body, neck, arms and head. The injuries can be superficial, slicing or deep and penetrating or cause internal damage that isn't immediately obvious. It's...

It's unlikely you'll go through live without getting a cut at some time. But, unless a cut is particularly wide or deep, you can heal it naturally. Some people prefer natural remedies to medicinal...

There are two basic types of infection. Localized infection is normally seen when the skin is broken and a wound or cut becomes infected. If the infection is carried throughout the body in the...

However small the "owie," it can still hurt quite a lot (like the notoriously painful paper cut), and it requires your attention to avoid any risk of infection. When you've got a small cut or...