Do I need to take DS to hospital with this?

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Pharmacy says go to walk in but I'm on my own with 3 kids and worried it'll take hours with it being a bank holiday. It appeared couple of days ago and is causing him discomfort but not pain.

If you were very confident you could burst it yourself and it would likely get better on it's own.

Given it sounds like you aren't, you need to go to the walk-in and it can't wait.

Do you know how it happened? It looks like a blister?? Has he burnt it?
And how old is DS?
Is it growing? Getting redder? Staying the same?

Oh and bear in mind most walk-ins aren't walk-ins anymore with Covid so you need to ring to get an appointment.

What is it? Blister? Wart? Infected cut/splinter?

What is it? If infection then needs walk in for antibiotics.

Our walk in is still a walk in. Though if a blister I'd soak it in the hots that he can stand with salt in and then in the water lance it with a sterile needle.

I’d probably follow the advice of the pharmacist rather than randoms on the Internet telling you to Lance it yourself

Hours at the walk in on a bank holiday with 3 kids isn’t ideal but that’s parenting when one of them need medical attention.if you need another opinion before making up your mind call 111.

I have absolutely no medical training at all. But if not were me in your shoes, I’d contact the GP on Monday. He’s had it for a couple of days already and presumably been ok?

You’re unlikely to have a quicker wait in A&E

DO NOT POP IT YOURSELF

Christ, Why do people think they are medically qualified to diagnose someone on an internet forum

Follow the advice of the pharmacist
Not random people on here

I definitely wouldn't go to A&E. You'd risk being continuously shunted down the queue unless by amazing fortune there's a 3-4 hour gap with really minor ailments coming into triage.

Alternatively as PP says, go to GP for treatment if it's not causing him pain.

Ask a friend to have your other two children and take him to the walk-in clinic. Please follow the pharmacists advice and not people on MN

What is it? Did the pharmacy explain what they thought ot was and why they though walk in was needed?

Usually best to go with the advice of the HCP who has actually seen the child.

What happened OP? Hope your DS is ok

The part of the photo we really need to see is blurred!!!

Is that a black thumb nail or a blister? Without a clear pic, we are all just guessing. Can you post a pic with the thumb in focus?

Really confusing photo, what is it and what caused it?