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Is my scraped knee infected?
A few days ago I fell on the road and scrapped my knee. Its been irritated ever since then. There's a SMALL amount of heat around the area and it's also red around the area. There is a yellow film that covers the main injury and it wont come off. I cleaned it with peroxide to make sure there was no dirt and then i put neosporin on it with a large bandage. I don't know how to get the picture on here so I can't show you. Am i taking care of it correctly? Do any of the signs point to infection?
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Yes it sounds like you are caring for your knee correctly. The yellow film that you are seeing is the scab. The reason it looks that way is because you are keeping it moist, which reduces the odds of getting a scar. Since you have been using Neosporin for a few days now, switch to using Vaseline. Prolonged use of topical antibiotics on wounds may cause skin irritation and could possibly worsen a wound, also because there is a chance that the bacteria that is on the wound could become resistant to the antibiotics.
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