How will you know that the wound is infected?

Answer 1

Swelling, redness at the site of the injury or surrounding area, streaks of red upward from the injury, an increase in the amount of pain any type of discharge from the wound, any foul odor, or if the area is just not healing .

Answer 2

There are many many signs of an infected wound and the most clear sign is that the wound's scab will be pussing or have a milky liquid in it, the scab will also not be a healthy brown, rust, red color instead it will be an infected yellowish orangey color.

How to to treat the infection:

• - first wash the wound with warm water and antibacterial soap (this will sting)
• - after the washed wound is perfectly dried get a face cloth or any cloth and use hydrogen peroxide to cleanse the wound
• - about an hour after that put some NEOSPORIN on the wound and continue putting this on until the wound heals completely

Answer 3

A wound is infected when the bacterial burden overwhelms the immune response of the host and bacteria grow unchecked.

Answer 4

it swells up and gets really red