thumb getting infected cos chewing on it
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Topic: thumb getting infected cos chewing on it
Posted By: Spudling
Subject: thumb getting infected cos chewing on it
Date Posted: 28 January 2008 at 7:05am
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Jeremy has decided to grow teeth which is a good thing but he has taken to chewing on his thumb and what was just a scaby thumb last week is starting to get infected.
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Posted By: DJ
Date Posted: 28 January 2008 at 10:47am
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Maybe use propolis tincture on it? It has antibacterial properties and will be ok for him to ingest a little bit? If this doesn't improve it, I probably wouldn't wait too long before using an antibiotic ointment, but maybe he shouldn't eat that. You could talk to a pharmacist? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 28 January 2008 at 6:24pm
| Ashlee got this, too! Though her teeth made a big lump on her thumb, it didn't get infected. It did look really sore and was hugely inflamed, but it seems to have mostly gone now. We didn't do anything with it. |
Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 28 January 2008 at 7:18pm
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Ella had an infection on a finger (and she was a constant finger-sucker), the Paed said if it wasn't down in a couple of days (you could see the infection well under the skin, IYKWIM) to give her oral antibiotics. ------------- Andie |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 28 January 2008 at 9:13pm
My brother used to suck his thumb so hard it got permanent callouses and always had a big red lump on it  -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 28 January 2008 at 10:21pm
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My friends daughter had this a few weeks ago. She ended up having to have some cream put on it and a plaster. It really hurt her as well. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: kiwikid
Date Posted: 28 January 2008 at 11:27pm
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I wonder if you put some lemon juice on it it would stop him from chewing on it and give it time to heal up, depends how infected it is though. ------------- 
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Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 29 January 2008 at 11:52am
| Don't put lemon juice on it if the skins broken. It would hurt like hell! |