Cuts & grazes in children
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Minor cuts only affect the top layer of skin. However, deeper cuts may go through to the inner layer of skin and the muscles and require stitches to help them heal. Cuts can bleed profusely, even shallow ones. As a cut heals, the skin surrounding it can become red and inflamed.
A graze happens when the top layer of skin is rubbed off leaving a raw area. Children are always grazing their knees and elbows when they fall over in the playground. The skin around a graze is usually red and inflamed. Grazes may be painful and uncomfortable and can ooze a clear sticky fluid, but they tend to bleed less than cuts. Small pieces of dirt or grit often lodge in a graze.
Click on the links above to find out more about cuts and grazes in children.
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