Glass in foot

[Happycat1212]

My ds stepped on glass a few days ago but decided not to tell me at the time 🙄 I now can’t see it or get it out, is there anyway to get it out without a trip to a&e?! Has anyone got on tips on how to get it out

Magnesium sulphate and a plaster over the top over night works well

Second what @Royalbloo said - mag sulphate and plaster.

Dd had glass in the foot, but insisted it was fine, just cut with no glass inside and wouldn't let me near it, so I just did salt water baths and it eventually worked its way out a number of months later, she now admits that letting me keep on with magnesium sulphate might have been a better idea

Take him to a minor injuries rather than a and e.

Our minor injuries is in the hospital and still a 2/3 hour wait, I will try the Magnesium sulphate salt thanks

I got glass stuck so far in my foot as a child I needed an operation to get it out! Minor injuries should be first place to go though.

I think that may be the only option now as we haven’t managed to get it out

minor injuries and take books & snacks & backup batteries for phone ...

Yep... magnesium sulphate paste from the chemist and cover with a plaster.

It really should be seen by a professional and not treated at home.

Please don’t treat a child at home for this (assuming DS is a child).

The longer it’s left the less chance of getting it out without an X - Ray and operation. I did this a couple of years ago. In the end the nurse at the minor injuries unit - with my express permission - had a good dig in with a scalpel. Just as I reached the end of my endurance she pulled it out!

She mentioned that were I a child I’d have been off for minor surgery as it had been days and it had gone pretty deep.

It’s not easy for me to get anywhere I have 4 children and a lone parent, If it doesn’t come out with the magnesium over night I will see if I can get him there tomorrow

I had a tiny shard stuck in my foot once it was agony! Minor injuries were great and got it out straight away!

Has to be minor injuries. Tetanus jab may be needed too.

Is it painful? How big was the glass? Could you use a needle and extract it like a splinter?
I accidentally stood on a glass shard and asked my mother to help me get it out. She snapped it off inside my foot by mistake. A year later it gently popped out by itself while I was walking to the loo in the middle of the night. Very confusing as I was so tired, but not painful really.