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Can I redress my own dressing?

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russell158
russell158

Hi I fell 3 days a go and cut my knee to the bone, it was stitched and yesterday I had a follow up at the fracture clinic and they redressed it but put some cotton roll under the crepe banadage and it’s super itchy on my skin. 

They also gave me a tubigrip in case it slips but I was thinking would it be okay if I carefully took off the bandages, kept the gauze there to not disturb the wound and redressed it with the tubigrip underneath the cotton so it’s not in constant contact with my skin? 

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  • Marina_Dee
    Marina_Dee russell158

    Posted

    As long as you wash your hands thoroughly before you do it and dont remove or even touch the gauze immediately in contact with the wound i think it would be fine. However I am wondering if this is really the cotton roll[wool?] . If the itching continues after you have redressed it ,it may be something else,and you need to ask your GP,or the practice nurse to have a look,or get another appointment in the fracture clinic. Did they put any medication on the wound?
    • russell158
      russell158 Marina_Dee

      Posted

      I think it is the cotton itching because it’s not the actual wound itching it’s the skin around it. They put a sticky kind of mesh on top of it then gauze. I’m on oral antibiotics as the bone was exposed 
  • ashleyjackson
    ashleyjackson russell158

    Posted

    Hi russell158,

    Yes, you can redress fractured area at home,  but it is important to take advice from your doctor.

    Thanks!!

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