Is a green discoloration around a puncture wound bad?
456233
Ick, I would think so, better get that checked out.
163922
maybe you were bitten by a spider or something, if it is gray scabs it may have been a brown recluse, and you need some antibiotics
835870
I don't know where your wound is but if SilNit was applied because the area is sensitive to infection or inflammation, leave it on so long as the wound/skin is still raw or broken. If not, its water soluble so you can wish it off given your PCF states so.SilNit is usually associated wiith infection. However, if it is associated with, and I don't mean to bring this up, gonorrhea leave it on and check with your PCF to get specific info from them as needed.  But it should be ok to wash off so long as the wound is looking presentable with no discomfort.  If the color has darkened a lot, then full exposure to the SilNit has come and gone.  Hope it helps, good luck.  Corrections Welcomed.
440864
any colored phlegm means possible infection, I would go to your physician. I would not let it go for very long it could lead to pneumonia
106012
When you talk about "oil" I am presuming you mean a bad smelling discharge.\n\nAlthough I appreciate the humour by another party about informing chevron, I feel I must give you a more responsible answer.\n\nDischarge from any part of the body is a sign of either having sustained an injury or more comonly as a symptom of infection or other health problem.\n\nSince you have not mentioned the colour of the discharge the best advice that I can give is for you to make a visit to your doctor. He/She will be able to investigate the problem and give you a better diagnosis.\n\nMay I suggest that you do this as soon as possible as the sooner problems are diagnosed the easier and more comfortable they are to treat.
968526
Registered Nurse here; Well I dislike the sound of my own advice.  However if your condition is truly a result of blood being drawn, you best avenue is to SUE, this is malpractice, and people in health care must be held accountable when they make mistakes.  As for the physician, he or she should not try to avoid the error and should address it with you open and honestly.  You should not have to pay for any of your surgeries related to this error, nor should your insurance company.  I strongly advise you to seek an attorney that specializes in malpractice.  Also you may want to consider getting another physician, if you feel they are not treating you with dignity, respect and cognitive of care that your entitled to.
420291
It's a sign of necrosis [death] of the tissue, and may also be an infection. Go to your doctor for debridement [removal of the dead tissue], and antibiotic therapy.
45005
EWWWWWW! It just looks like u ate a green something!  Get a tongue scraper from your drugstore! I promise all that buildup can be scraped away.   If no improvement see a Ears/Nose/Throat doctor stat!
444851
It is probably not really surgical steel, as it says, cheap metals make my piercings do this - I don't' know if it is really an infection or what, but I do know that if you have this green crud and you let a piercing heal shut it will leave a little green "dot" where the hole was.  I think I would clean it good with peroxide to get the crud to bubble out and then buy my jewelry at a piercing shop, only, not a cheap place in the mall, etc.
964092
Green???  Nope sorry i think you should see your GYN you probably have an infection of some sort... try douching...
15790
i have been a nurse for a long time. When i saw this question i was concerned for you. please see your dr. he will probably check for circulation problems or maybe you have a bacteria in the wound that the antibiotic won't kill. It should be cultured right away. This takes about 3 days to see any growth and to be able to determine what kind of bacteria is in the wound. Please look for red marks going up your leg. also check to see if the area is red and warm. if you see the red marks or it is red you should get to the e.r. Good luck. My guess is that you just need the right antibiotic. Good luck.
262127
It may be scar tissue that has formed there. I would demand that the doctor due an ultrasound or whatever it took to figure this out.You are your best advocate.
1099945
you need to call a doctor NOW- or get to your ER NOW!!!\n\nThis is an emergency...
89064
Because the wound "opened up" a few days after the staples were removed does not necessarily mean the appendectomy has gone bad. The strength of the closure is NOT in the staples. The staples or sometimes skin sutures are used only to reapproximate the skin. And yes, if the skin "opens" the wound must heal this way. This is called healing by secondary intention, which is absolutely fine. As for the whitish discharge, I won't comment not having examined the area. If the child has high fevers, purulent drainage (ie. greenish stinky pus), nausea or vomiting, she's probably already been advised to bring the child to the emergency department immediately (shes' probably received similar instructions from the discharge sheet, and should follow these). If it concerns your friend, she should bring this up with her surgeon. \n\nIn some wounds whitish discharge is from the body laying down material to "rebuild" itself, and usually isn't anything to worry about. I have to say again I haven't seen the wound, she should talk to the childs surgeon, or at the very least call the surgeons office and report this if they have not already seen it. It is best to continue going to the surgeon who performed the operation. Continuity of care is ideal in situations like this, since the operating surgeon is more intimately aware of the case.\n\nYou are probably going to get alot of "interesting advice" on this forum. I would ignore 99% of it. Second opinions are fine, but your friend should be prepared to just continue present management, since the description you provided is of the child eating and playing normally.
465551
You must get to a Doctor and have them checked.  You definately need something to help with the wound healing.  Anytime you have cuts that are open are a red flag for infection.  It most likely will not be anything too serious that can't be fixed with proper care given.  As you asked, indeed it may be a nutrition item.
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Fresh oxygenated blood from the closed circulatory system is rich in hemogloben and thus oxyhemoglobin and is bright red.  As it ages, decomposes, is exposed to air for a long time and is not fresh any longer, is exposed to other chemicals,etc. it turns brown.  \n\nSame is true with menstrual blood and lochia, the post partum blood. Fresh menstrual or lochia blood is red, older blood that just needs to be expelled from uterus and vagina is more brownish. Blood color is a helpful indicator of healing or bleeding.  If blood is red, it is fresh blood or a sign of bleeding leaking blood from torn blood vessels (blood that was recently circulating in the blood stream)  But if it is brownish, it is older blood and a sign that there is not any new bleeding-leaking of blood from any broken blood vessels anywhere. \n\nOn a more microscopic level ,even a few seconds of blood going from red to brown is an indication of the blood clotting mechanism taking fast effect in the skin.  Fibrinogen in the blood is a preclotting factor. Very quicly fibrinogen will be converted to fibrin protein THREADS and patch up the hole or leak because the body is able to recognize the torn, frayed edges of injured tissue.  The fibrin is like human gauze.  Its arrangement of threads across the wound form a mesh or net and block the RBCs from leaking any more so a scab can start forming and do more than stop the bleeding.  The healing, patching of the HOLE or wound can be done by cells mitosising and filling in the tear in the dermis and epidermis (epidermis is non-vascular; dermis has blood vessels). Anyway, back to the mesh of fibrin threads .... some blood serum can leak thru the fibrin threads though, with early blood clotting, so a little clearish plasma can come thru fibrin gauze instead of the prior bright red oxygenated rbcs of a fresh wound. Voila, bleeding stopped if you are not hemophiliac and have blood clotting problems.
978051
If it was a deep cut.. Yes it's still going to bleed until it seals.  Just keep it wraped up and clean it off once in a while.. If it falls off you know it's infected.