Freaked out: splinters from treated wood

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[Post New]09/02/2020 00:45
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Anonymous
The issue is the two fold. Old treated wood had arsenic in it. Further any wood left in skin won’t break down so must be removed
[Post New]09/02/2020 07:10
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Anonymous
Call pediatrician. They may want to give him a Tetanus shot.
[Post New]09/02/2020 07:42
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Call pediatrician. They may want to give him a Tetanus shot.


A kid would have a current tetanus shot.
[Post New]09/02/2020 08:04
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Anonymous
Modern treated wood (since 2009) is far less toxic. They use ACQ (alkaline copper something) instead of CCA (chromated copper arsenic) now. Surface splinters even less of an issue having been exposed to the weather and the chemicals leach out.
[Post New]09/02/2020 08:07
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:You need drawing salve. It’s at drugstores. Ichthammol ointment. You slather it in the area at night, cover it up, and it sucks the little splinters out.


Ichthammol is THE BEST!!!! It is a little miracle in a tube.
[Post New]09/02/2020 08:13
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Anonymous
Trex
[Post New]09/02/2020 08:16
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Anonymous
about 10 years ago I posted on DCUM about the 3K splinter.

Everyone says don't worry, it will work its way out. I have a different experience. My son got a splinter in the web between his thumb and forefinger. We think it was from daycare that had a wooden play structure.

We saw the dr who said - let's watch it, it should work its way out. Guess what - it didn't. Next step - go see pediatric surgeon to cut out the encapsulated foreign body.
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