Ew! My blister is full of pus

[abifae]

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[savingdogs]

I would be tempted to soak it a couple times a day in warm salt water to get that to drain. Keep it wrapped up and clean otherwise and keep an eye on it.

 

[patandchickens]

You can tell pretty easily whether it is pus (infection) or just serum (not infected) by whether it is cloudy or clear. I would not go by color. Serum is often rather deeply straw-colored.

If it's infected, soak it at least twice a day in water as hot as you can possibly stand it that is totally-saturated with Epsom salts (i.e. you have stirred in enough that some crystals remain stubbornly undissolving), for like 10-15 min at a time.

If it is not infected, don't soak it b/c it just retards the old skin drying off and the new skin (inside the blister) maturing and getting ready to comfortably play the role of Actual Outside Skin Layer.

And, get a pair of shoes that FITS

Good luck,

Pat

 

[abifae]

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[Neko-chan]

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[Denim Deb]

I have horses, and ride a motorcycle, so I don't go barefoot as much as I used to. It does NOT feel good to be stepped on by a horse in your bare feet. (Been there, done that.)

 

[Up-the-Creek]

Abi ! How do you stand to go barefoot in the winter??? In the SNOW?? If I don't have my fur lined snow boots with two pair of socks I would freeze! Maybe Im just getting old!

 

[Bethanial]

I feel ya Abi - I only wear shoes when I HAVE to!

 

[Dunkopf]

I loved the thread title.

 

[abifae]

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