Splinters (foreign bodies)
A splitter , in the southern German language area also spit , splinters , Sprissel or Hyrax called, is an existing mostly wooden foreign body inserted undesirable in the skin. (Austrian stands for wood slates , but with metal tension while Spreißel the chipboard referred to light.)
For example, splinters can splinter off a wooden board. This also applies unkempt plank floors , so they are waxed or painted to prevent drying out and exfoliation. Top pieces of wood are also formed in the woodworking along with wood chips , where they represent a certain risk work, especially when one is working vigorously along the fiber, but already talking about the smoothness test by hand. This primarily applies to chipping woodworking (such as planing , scraping with a scraper , and the like), while rasping , for example, breaks the wood fiber and reduces chipping. Fine- tuning, on the other hand, can make the chips even more pointed and dangerous. In general, softwood tends to slate much more than hardwood .
Slates are typically removed on an outpatient basis with tweezers in the direction in which they penetrated, especially wooden slate , so that they do not break off - analogous to thorns . Wood and iron splinters are broken down or excreted naturally through suppuration , but not non-ferrous metal splinters (such as brass, aluminum) - like some glasses . The former can be supported by pulling ointment , the latter can also grow in and cause permanent painful areas. It is particularly dangerous to pull a splinter directly under the nail, which can penetrate deeply and is difficult to remove with home remedies . In principle, as with all open trauma, there is a risk of infections and sepsis . With such complications of a lesion , surgical removal is appropriate.
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- ↑ a b Slate under the nail: minor injury with major consequences . In: Der Standard online, February 6, 2014.
