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How to Safely Remove Glass or Wood Splinters from Your Foot

To Request an appointment with Dr. Schneider: http://referdrschneider.com If you have a tendency to go barefoot, it doesn't matter if you're in the house or outside, there's a good chance that at some point you'll get a splinter in your foot. It may be wood, It may be glass. It might even be a coarse pet hair. I've even pulled the whole toothpick out of someone's foot. My name is Dr. Andrew Schneider, and I'm a podiatrist in Houston, TX. Just because you feel like you're walking on something sharp, doesn't mean it's a splinter. When it is, however, it's essential to address it before it becomes infected. When there's a spot on your foot that feels like you have something in it, take a look. You may see a lesion, like a corn, a callus or wart that can give a similar sensation. If there is swelling or bleeding, chances are it's a foreign body of some sort. If you feel a hardness beneath the skin, that's another good sign. If you squeeze the area and it hurts more, and that can also mean that there's something in your foot. Now when you look at your foot and see something coming out of it, stop everything! Start by swabbing the site with alcohol. Get a pair of tweezers and see if you can grab onto the exposed splinter and pull it out. Be careful not to break it! If you get it out, you're a champion! Swab the site with alcohol once more and apply antibiotic ointment. It should feel immediately better. If you can't or you don't want to try to get it out on your own, come into the office. When you come in, I'll take an x-ray to see if I can image the foreign body. I won't be able to see wood or glass, but may see a shadow. I can also use ultrasound to try to find the foreign body. Sometimes, the foreign body is right at the surface and I can get to it very easily. Other times, if it's deeper, I'll numb the area. I try to numb through the top of your foot where there are fewer nerves. The fluid of the injection is also able to push the splinter down closer to the surface. Once the area is numb, I'll scrape away some of the dead skin covering the splinter. If it's wood, it's usually easy to see if it's glass. It is a very particular feel to it when it hits my metal instrument. Once I remove the foreign body, I'll flush the area with saline to get out any remnants that may still be in the wound. I'll then dress it with antibiotic cream and a bandage. Depending on the possibility of infection, I may prescribe oral antibiotics for you to take. You can return to activity based on how extensive the procedure to remove the splinter was. If it came out reasonably easy with little cutting necessary, then you can usually return to exercise the next day. If there's a larger wound, it may take a few days for you to heal the wound and feel well enough to go back to working out. If there's a larger wound, it may take a few days for you to heal the wound and feel well enough to go back to working out. For a superficial splinter like this, there's no reason to worry about a tetanus shot. That's reserved for a deeper and more traumatic wound, a splinter of water glass wouldn't cause a problem to warrant a tetanus shot. #splinterinfoot #glassinfoot #foreignbody 00:00 Introduction 01:04 How to identify a foreign body in your foot 01:31 How to remove an exposed splinter 02:06 Coming into the office to remove a deeper foreign body 03:09 Returning to activity and exercise after a foreign body removal 04:01 How go connect with Houston podiatrist Dr. Andrew Schneider