First Aid

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• Dog Bite

Dog Bite

For dog bites we are aware of anti rabies injections, but there are a few home remedies that are also available to cure the wounds. Though the professional assistance is very much needed but at the same time you have some easy options for healing.
•    Firstly wash the area properly with hot water, then use the soap to clean the area. Proper washing can remove the salvia which can prevent further infections. You can also use cold water & lastly use sterile gauze on the affected area.
•    Garlic is believed to be a natural antibiotic & is able to treat dog bite. Consume a few cloves of garlic regularly thrice a day (until the injury is cured).

•    Burdock has also been recommended for removing the venom from your body that was caused by dog bite.
•    Crush the cumin seeds (two tsp) along with water & 20 black pepper corns. Spread the mixture on the affected area. It’s believed that cumin is able to protect from the toxic outcomes of the bite.
•    Crush the walnuts & take equal quantity of onion along with salt & honey. Now apply the mixture on the damaged area.
•    Several experts believed that for producing antibiotic vitamin B can help you as well as for protecting infections vitamin C can support you.

First-Aid Kit Essentials

0digg When accident or illness happens having some essential items at your home will make a vast difference. If you have kids or senior people at home then don’t neglect it. So be serious about your first-aid kit & take some time to rearrange all the tools & medicines. Especially for medicines make sure that they have not expired.

•    You need to keep a thermometer. For removing ticks & splinters keep tweezers.
•    For cutting bandages you need to keep scissors (sharp).
•    For measuring liquid medicine keep a spoon or a calibrated cup.
•    A hot water bag is very important. It will give relief from pain in joints.
•    Keep some peracitamal, medicines to help in digestion, and a few antibiotics. But consult your doctor about the doses.
•    Ice pack is an excellent remedy for burns or damage by abrasion or pressure.
•    Keep a small but high voltage torch to get a clear look of eyes, ear, throat etc.
•    To free an obstruction from stuffed noses, you can keep nasal syringe.
•    Make sure that your gloves are in the first-aid box.
•    To grease your rectal thermometers keep a bottle of petroleum jelly.
•    For sterilization (thermometer & other tools) keep alcohol.
•    Keep some pain cure medicines, but consul your doctor about its dose & whether they are applicable for children or not
•    You can keep some anti allergic medicines & lotions.
•    You must have cough syrup, which is also applicable for children.
•    To clean the abraded area & cuts keep hydrogen peroxide.
•    To apply on the wound you must keep antibacterial lotion or cream.
•    Don’t forget to keep rolling bandage in your first aid kit. Make sure that sterile cotton balls & adhesive tapes are there.
•    Last but not the least keeps enough numbers of washable band aid.