Scrapes: Check Your Symptoms
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Check Your Symptoms
If you answer yes to any of the following questions, click on the "Yes" in front of the question for information about how soon to see a health professional.
Review health risks that may increase the seriousness of your symptoms.
If you have the following symptom, evaluate it first.
- A cut that may need stitches, staples, or skin adhesives: Go to the topic Cuts.
- Yes
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Do you have bleeding from a scrape?
- Yes
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Has a scrape removed all the layers of skin (avulsion injury)?
- Yes
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Are you unable to adequately clean a scrape using home treatment?
- Yes
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Do you think you have an infection?
- Yes
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Do you have a scrape that may need stitches, staples, or skin adhesives?
- Yes
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Do you know or think you need a tetanus shot?
- Yes
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Do you have a scrape that is not healing?
If a visit to a health professional is not needed immediately, see the Home Treatment section for self-care information.
| Last updated: | June 10, 2008 |
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| Author: | Jan Nissl, RN, BS |
| Reviewed By: | William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine, H. Michael O'Connor, MD - Emergency Medicine |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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