to call the gp about ds cutting himself at the park?

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sorry in advance but I've got anxiety problems so you'll have to bare with me.
Just been at the park with ds and he fell in the long grass, I picked him up and he had a tiny little cut that was bleeding.
I looked in the grass and there was a drinks can that had been ripped to bits and was really sharp. This was the only thing I could find that would have cut him.
I'm going spare thinking about all the things he could have caught from it.
Can someone come and give me a slap calm me down?
Should I call the gp for reassurance?

Call nhs direct . Ask under what set of symptoms you should worry about and what you shouldn't

Are all his vaccines up to date?

Personally I wouldn't worry too much just keep a close eye on it. But if your worried phone NHS direct and ask for advice.

No, he'll be fine.
If he had cut himself ina sharp drinks can, he'd have a slice. But a tiny cut won't be from that.

Make sure you clean the cut well -ie wash with soapy water, then apply some antiseptic stuff and stick a plaster on it.

Has he had a tetanus shot?

He will be fine. He won't have caught anything from the can even if that is what he cut himself on.

I don't know if this helps at all, it helps me but may be useless or even sound patronising to others (I do not intend for it to sound patronising!) but when I start having negative thoughts or obsession on thoughts I know will stress and upset me I make myself stop. I actually picture an internal dialogue where I tell myself that I won't be thinking about this and I will stop immediately. At first I have to stop myself really often but it gets less and less until I forget about the entire incident that sparked the problem. Hope this helps.

Encourage the cut to bleed, then wash thoroughly a dab of sudocreme would worthwhile. If your son is up to date with routine childhood vaccines he should be fine. Monitor the wound for signs of infection, keep clean while it heals.

Maybe call the out of hours for reassurance but unless your son needs stitching (wound won't stop bleeding) he should be ok.

If he's had his tetanus, don't worry. Disinfect the injury and leave open x

He's up to date with injections and gas had his tetanus. The can looked pretty clean it wasn't like an old rusty can or anything.
Have cleaned it and put a plaster on.
The cut was like a tint small slice/prick so I think it probably was the can. It was definitely more of a fresh slice cut than a graze which is what made me look for something sharp.

But what is it that you think he may have caught?

Oh god knows, honestly I'm exhausting.. I just come to the conclusion that something bad will come from something small. I even annoy myself, I'd give anything to be one of those chilled oh just throw a plaster on it mums.

wash well and dont worry.
what is it you think he may catch from this ?
It is quite normal to start thinking of the 'what if' and very soon those worries escalate to full blown medical disasters in our heads. Very easy for everyone to say dont worry.
Firstly presuming he has had all his vaccines so far he will be fine for things like tetnus, secondly the chance of catching a disease that would be carried by human saliva or blood or vomitus ( all of which as a push might be on a drinks can) is very samll beacuse

1. of all these things saliva the one only really likely to be on can
2. saliva unlikely to be on a ripped part of a can ...might be more risk if he picked up a intact can and drank from it. The person who did drink from can is unlikely ot have put lips on ripped metal bits.
3. viruses such as HIV and heapatitis which can be passsed by bodily fluids but hiv is not passed by saliva

'Evidence shows that the HIV virus is spread through the exchange of bodily fluids such as blood, semen and vaginal fluids, but not saliva.
Although HIV can be detected in saliva, it can't be passed to other people through kissing because a combination of antibodies and enzymes found naturally in saliva prevent HIV from infecting new cells' - nhs website

4. HIV and hepatitis virus cannot survive outside the body for long - in case of hiv it is seconds only , so again if ...and its a huge if there was some blood on can, and the blood came from an infected person the likely hood any virus in blood was long dead before oyur son touched it.

5. animal faeces ....again very unlikely a dog or cat actually pooed on the ripped metal bits...animals more sensible than that but if they did or they urinated and it was on can, many factors affect a virus survival rate, such as moisture, air temp , air pressure, Ph of enviroment etc etc....so unlikely

The point i am trying to make is if you look at all the factors odds are infitisimally small of even a risk of catching anything. And you did most important thing...let it bleed a little, the body's own cleaning mecahnism..

try not to worry

there is no nhs direct anymore except in scotland , it is nhs 111 who will put the scare mongerers up you and probably tell you to go to a&e were you will sit for hours wiht your poor ds being exposed to all sorts of germs !

sorry for typos ...in surgery and busy !

theredjellybean thank you for taking the time to post that, it has helped ease my worries a lot. I know I'm being neurotic and irrational, I just can't seem to help it. I'll try to relax now

i say to parents ...'if your worried it is a good enough reason to seek help '

whether that be online or at your gp ! you should not feel bad for worrying.

Thank you, I have poor Dh up the wall I really appreciate you taking the time to help.
Thanks everyone

Give it a wipe with dettol stick some salon or the like on it and put a plaster on it. He'll be fine

Yeah I have done it has closed up already, just a tint little line on his arm. Can hardly see where it was it looked a lot more because of the blood.