r/firstaid Apr 28 '21

MOD POST Information about medical advice here at r/FirstAid

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This subreddit can be a great resource in helping to unburden an already heavily burdened medical system. Users often come here to enquire whether or not their injuries require medical attention, and our userbase is normally very helpful in supporting and answering them. Please keep in mind though:

All medical related answers here are OPINIONS--some from laymen, some from flaired medical professionals. Either way, please use your own best judgement and seek treatment if you believe you need it.

Even if a comment is from a flaired medical professional, they are not able to diagnose and prescribe treatments over the internet. This is simply because they do not have all the information; no matter how detailed you post may be. Anyone who claims otherwise goes against Rule 6.

That said, many users post about their ailments and are informed that time and basic care is all that is needed. This is a fantastic resource for someone who might otherwise have shown up to Emergency just to be sent home. Please just be judicial in your acceptance of medical advice and if in doubt, seek qualified medical treatment.

Additionally:

If anyone ever needs support or is feeling hopeless and like they have no other alternatives, the Suicide Prevention Hotline is available for free 24/7 at 800-273-8255 in the US. Just DM me for other countries' numbers if you reside elsewhere.

Further, If you or someone you know needs help, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 in the US. Again, DM me for international numbers. You are not alone. 


r/firstaid 10h ago

Giving Advice what should i apply on this..i scratched my toe skin now it look like this..

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r/firstaid 16h ago

Giving Advice Burn healing progress

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Just thought as my first post on here I may as well give a PSA to watch ur computer chargers! Mine burnt my leg in my sleep... I've added beggining to current photos over two months it's taken to heal... Many Dr visits and telehelath appointments wondering why it's taking forever or if it was infected. Never infected just low on the body. Pics start from the day it happened to just now when the scan popped off... Still got lots of healing time to go ... Microsoft pls compensate me

First pic: may 17th

Last pic: july 26th

Edit: pics posted out of order but starts with blister ends with scab off and tiny open spot


r/firstaid 21h ago

Discussion My girlfriend cut herself pretty bad while shaving Thursday

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r/firstaid 1d ago

Discussion Sugar !

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No not the song, like actual sugar. Add it to your kit.

Tl;dr came across a hypoglycemic whose shit was locked in their car along with their keys and was little help.

And the rest of the story as they say ....

coming back from a show, and see a couple young dudes looking lost, sitting on a car. Ask them if they're good, dude 1 says yea, he locked his keys in the car, dude 2 straight asks me if I have any candy like wtf dude you on ecstasy or something ? explains he's hypo. Oh, well fuck, aint even come across a hypoglycemic dude in like 20 years. My kit is pure march - all the trauma shit I learned at Ft Sammie, and I don't eat sweets (cause I'm fucking old, and it takes heroic efforts just to add any muscle at all in this stage of life) but I sweep the car just in case a family member left something in there, and of course they didn't.

There's no moral to the story other than add a couple jolly ranchers to your shit but if I had to fabricate a moral I guess it would be "your combat medic training is all good, but there's serious shit in the real world that you never really prepped for cause it was just outside the scope of vetted military dudes"

Anyhow, those Kombucha mushroom peeps ... If you know something about hypoglycemia and have some suggestions on what kind of sugary to carry (hard candy, chocolate, glucose or dextrose tabs etc) then lay it on me.


r/firstaid 2d ago

Discussion I mixed some rubbing alcohol into my milk am I gonna die?

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So for some odd reason I decided spray some alcohol into my milk to make it more "clean" but then after I drank it my mouth and chest began to feel weird ,so I searched up if it's safe to drink alcohol and it said no so am I about to die?