To prevent getting this thread locked, I am stating at the top that we have already seen the doctor because I was worried it was getting infected, but I want some BTDT experience specific to gymnastics.
dd usually doesn't rip but when she does, they are very minor. She tears the skin off, puts some cream on it, finishes bars, and within a few days, it is healed. Well, she got one last week that seems to be healing more like a burn. It is about 2x the size of any she has gotten and it was bleeding a lot when it first ripped (dripping all down her arm, apparently), which has never happened to her. Doctor said it is not infected yet, but gave us a script for an antibiotic to fill if we see signs of infection. As you can see from the pic (well, hopefully), it is healing with all these bubbles of skin filled with clear pus, rather than a nice solid layer. And there are little red dots under the "bubble skin". We tried to cut away at it but it is impossible due to the way the new skin is growing. dd says it hurts to touch and stretch it but otherwise, her hand feels fine. Obviously it will hurt doing gym stuff tomorrow with putting the hand on any equipment.
So, my questions are - are these normal and she has just been blessed never to get one this bad? She is a 3rd yr L10, so she has been in the sport a long time to never see one like this in herself or teammates. Is there anything different she should be doing to treat it? She has been washing it and putting antibiotic cream on it. She plans to try teabags? she read online that it helps with the healing?
ETA: I tried to shrink the pic so it wouldn't take over the whole window but it didn't carry over when I posted the thread. sorry...
dd usually doesn't rip but when she does, they are very minor. She tears the skin off, puts some cream on it, finishes bars, and within a few days, it is healed. Well, she got one last week that seems to be healing more like a burn. It is about 2x the size of any she has gotten and it was bleeding a lot when it first ripped (dripping all down her arm, apparently), which has never happened to her. Doctor said it is not infected yet, but gave us a script for an antibiotic to fill if we see signs of infection. As you can see from the pic (well, hopefully), it is healing with all these bubbles of skin filled with clear pus, rather than a nice solid layer. And there are little red dots under the "bubble skin". We tried to cut away at it but it is impossible due to the way the new skin is growing. dd says it hurts to touch and stretch it but otherwise, her hand feels fine. Obviously it will hurt doing gym stuff tomorrow with putting the hand on any equipment.
So, my questions are - are these normal and she has just been blessed never to get one this bad? She is a 3rd yr L10, so she has been in the sport a long time to never see one like this in herself or teammates. Is there anything different she should be doing to treat it? She has been washing it and putting antibiotic cream on it. She plans to try teabags? she read online that it helps with the healing?
ETA: I tried to shrink the pic so it wouldn't take over the whole window but it didn't carry over when I posted the thread. sorry...