How do you know if you have a skin infection?

How do you know if you have a skin infection? Is it always obvious? Can an infection occur after it heals? NOTE: these are from small cuts|||Yes you can get a skin infection after it has healed.... at least, healed on the surface.





If it itches, if it has a discharge (clear or white liquid seepage, or worse, colored liquid seepage) It is NOT always obvious but those are good signs. If the skin is red or inflamed in any area, or looks different than the skin around it.





My son had a small cut on his finger (paper cut size). It healed up and we thought it was fine. Then I noticed that the skin was changing color slightly, examining closely I noticed a slight discharge and immediately took him to the doctor. I am glad I did. It was Staph, and if it gets in the blood it can kill.





If you are concerned, then there is probably a reason to be concerned.|||small cuts you shouldn%26#039;t be worried about. infections will look red (irretation) and kinda bumpy. with small cuts, infection after healing shouldn%26#039;t be a problem to worry about, as long as the wound is well cleaned. use hydrogen peroxide.|||SKIN infection theres rediness all around the cut. AND it swells too.|||Signs of skin infection:


redness, swelling, warmth, drainage, red %26quot;streak%26quot;, pain and soreness.


If you have none of the above, chances are it is not infected. Just keep it clean.


IF it has already healed, you may have a firm lump under the skin that is caused by a little scar tissue formation. But it shouldn%26#039;t be painful or red.


Hope that helps.|||If it never heals completely, has red borders and discharge; you have an infection or worse.





If you suspect GET TO A DERM!





I had a wart thing about the size of a quarter on the back of my left hand that I treated as a wart.





To make a long story short, it was skin cancer! FIVE surguries (the last was 12 hours) and 33 radiation treatments later I still have my arm and it works. It looks like a Pit Bull used it as a chew toy, but it works!





If these %26quot;small cuts%26quot; were self-inflicted you may have a %26quot;STAPH%26quot; infection and it can KILL YOU before you can say %26quot;OH S***%26quot;!





Just suck it up and GO TO A DOCTOR and you will know for SURE.





If you are fit without other crap, like addictions, then it is probably a shot and 21 days of antibiotics. If you have other issues it could also be AIDS in the early stages.





If there are NO red lines going out of the cuts try this. Buy some EPSOM SALTS, some gauze and tape. Get a bowl and dump a cup of ES in the hottest watter that you can stand. SOAK the cuts for 20 minutes and then make a compress of ES; COVER the cut BIG TIME with ES, apply gauze and tape it. ES will suck the infection out overnight if it can (the gauze will be NASTY in the morning). Then apply polysporen with a dressing and hope for the best. If you don%26#039;t see significant improvement in 3-5 days....GO TO THE DOC!





Good luck|||I never had one that I know, but I%26#039;m assuming you will know (unless it%26#039;s really deep but that%26#039;s rare)|||Yes it can develop a infection... and if it is different color texture, etc then it is not normal