Does this graze look ok? [warning photo included]

[Lolliepoppie]

Sorry in advance if this is a stupid question - but does this cut look ok?

DS went flying on concrete yesterday. There are still tiny bits of gravel in there.

I put TCP on it straight away but tonight he has a slight temperature and can’t sleep. It has yellow sludge coming out of it.

Is this totally normal or should I take him to see the nurse tomorrow?

It looks infected to me. The gravel definitely needs to come out. GP surgery I would think.

You need to get the gravel out! Did you wash it thoroughly before putting tcp on it?

If he has a temp, I think you should ring 111 for advice with yellow gunk coming out.

I would pop to see the pharmacist in the morning

I agree, that looks infected. Poor lad.

I'd get it looked at just to put your mind at rest.

I tried to wash it but he was screaming in pain. I made him put it in the bath and swished water over it. Then more TCP.

It had a plaster over it until this evening so I didn’t see the yellow stuff until late.

That looks infected - minor injuries in the morning

My immediate thought is that the two things are unconnected.

I’d see how it is in the morning.

have another go at getting the grit out in the shower tomorrow or if you have a syringe you can fill it with water to flush it out. TCP is yellow and you might expect some haemoserous fluid to ooze out doesn’t mean it’s infected.

I don't think it looks infected. Wounds go goopy when you put a plaster on sometimes. I would leave it in the air overnight and see how it looks in the morning

Please don't use TCP, just use tap water (Registered nurse)

It doesn't look like pus to me just that fluid that comes out of your skin. Bodies are very good at removing foreign objects eventually. I would keep an eye on his temperature and any redness around the cut though.

Could just be healing with plasma. It has a yellowish colour. I would just keep an eye on it. My dd hurt her leg with a bad graze and yellowish stuff was present but it wad just plasma and it healed eventually.

TCP is quite a potent antiseptic and I have seen localised 'chemical burns' when patients have applied it neat .

The smell (like Dettol or Germolene) is a comforting familiar "Oh its doing something" smell

Boil up some water , add table salt , cool to tepid and use that to gently sluice
Air dry or gently pat dry with non fluffy gauze

The redness round is a rectangle so likely a plaster reaction . Cover it with a sterile gauze and tape the edges on;y so it doesn't get soggy .
Get annother photo tomorrow to compare

You def need to get the gravel out. Put him in the bath the try get under the wee skin flap bits, is that gravel the darker bits?

It doesn't look horrendously infected to me... perhaps there is some local infection explaining the pus, but there doesn't look like any spreading redness or swelling. I would give it a good clean, just sterile water (boiled and cooled) with some cotton wool pads or something similar. Leave it uncovered if you can do so overnight without anything sticking to it.