Blisters

[Andy_R]

It's strange the advice given "never prick blisters" supposedly risk of infection, yet if you do prick them (and cover with plaster they stop hurting straightway and heal very quicikly.

Having tried not pricking, inevitably they burst anyway and a whole pad if skin comes off leaving exposed wound underneath.

Anyone really know the why's and wherefore's ? I always prick 'em now. And as said upthread, the compeed stuff is great, but read the box as some are extra small rather than a useful size. Another hint is to buy a load cheap from an internet chripody supplies as they're very expensive in climbing shops or the chemists

The fluid in the blister is doing a few things...Firstly it's protecting the area and cushioning it. Secondly it's providing a germ free environment. Thirdly, its cooling the area. If you can, leave it be.. if you can't, leave it be and get compeed on it...never pop a friction or heat blister, your body's mechanisms have had quite a few millenia working out how to deal with stuff, you've only been around for a few decades.....

 

[mark st1]

The fluid in the blister is doing a few things...Firstly it's protecting the area and cushioning it. Secondly it's providing a germ free environment. Thirdly, its cooling the area. If you can, leave it be.. if you can't, leave it be and get compeed on it...never pop a friction or heat blister, your body's mechanisms have had quite a few millenia working out how to deal with stuff, you've only been around for a few decades.....

Ok cool thanks for the info much appreciated.

 

[ColinJ]

The fluid in the blister is doing a few things...Firstly it's protecting the area and cushioning it. Secondly it's providing a germ free environment. Thirdly, its cooling the area. If you can, leave it be.. if you can't, leave it be and get compeed on it...never pop a friction or heat blister, your body's mechanisms have had quite a few millenia working out how to deal with stuff, you've only been around for a few decades.....

Hmm ... how come bodies haven't worked out how to fix rotten teeth or broken hips then?

 

[Andy_R]

Hmm ... how come bodies haven't worked out how to fix rotten teeth or broken hips then?

Rotten teeth are a fairly new thing, evolutionary...early skeletons of homonids (us) display healthy choppers. Tooth decay is a fairly recent thing when we discovered sweet stuff, and abused it to our detriment, Broken bones - well, you either live or die. When it comes to lower limbs which tend to be the ones that break more often, we've developed a "spare part" in each limb - fib and tib in the lower leg and radius and ulna in the forearm. Evolution's brill! Even the collar bone is there as a disposable part...animals that aren't likey to fall out of trees don't have them...monkeys, apes, squirrels have them...other animals just don't climb trees

 

[ColinJ]

When it comes to lower limbs which tend to be the ones that break more often, we've developed a "spare part" in each limb - fib and tib in the lower leg and radius and ulna in the forearm. Evolution's brill!

Ha ha - I don't go for the 'spare part theory' - you would still be throughly fubar-ed if you broke either the fib or tib when trying to get away from a sabre-toothed tiger! (Or perhaps one of the bones in an arm when fighting a human rival.)

I was just reading about bones and realised that it had never occurred to me that wrists do NOT turn. Wrist movement is actually produced by rotating the bones of the forearm relative to each other ... Well, I never!

 

[nickyboy]

It's strange the advice given "never prick blisters" supposedly risk of infection, yet if you do prick them (and cover with plaster they stop hurting straightway and heal very quicikly.

Having tried not pricking, inevitably they burst anyway and a whole pad if skin comes off leaving exposed wound underneath.

Anyone really know the why's and wherefore's ? I always prick 'em now. And as said upthread, the compeed stuff is great, but read the box as some are extra small rather than a useful size. Another hint is to buy a load cheap from an internet chripody supplies as they're very expensive in climbing shops or the chemists

What's the deal with chiropody supplies from climbing shops? Are climbers particularly susceptible or do they have unusually delicate feet or summat?

 

[nickyboy]

[QUOTE 4490316, member: 76"]A 5p is tiny MTFU, squeeze it, squirt some TCP in (unless you have some iodine which is even better) and get on with your life [/QUOTE]

Aren't you supposed to slosh a bit of whisky on it, like they do in the films? Not the good stuff obvioulsy

 

[Profpointy]

What's the deal with chiropody supplies from climbing shops? Are climbers particularly susceptible or do they have unusually delicate feet or summat?

well blisters are a common risk when hillwalking any distance, thus blister treatments are a sensible thing for a climbing shop to stock along with midge repellent and such

 

[Profpointy]

The fluid in the blister is doing a few things...Firstly it's protecting the area and cushioning it. Secondly it's providing a germ free environment. Thirdly, its cooling the area. If you can, leave it be.. if you can't, leave it be and get compeed on it...never pop a friction or heat blister, your body's mechanisms have had quite a few millenia working out how to deal with stuff, you've only been around for a few decades.....

And yet they get better overnight if you do prick them, yet take days and days ending up with the skin ripping off if you leave 'em

 

[mybike]

The fluid in the blister is doing a few things...Firstly it's protecting the area and cushioning it. Secondly it's providing a germ free environment. Thirdly, its cooling the area. If you can, leave it be.. if you can't, leave it be and get compeed on it...never pop a friction or heat blister, your body's mechanisms have had quite a few millenia working out how to deal with stuff, you've only been around for a few decades.....

Of course, if you remove the cause for the blister and the blister is still making it difficult to walk there is no real reason not to puncture the blister and cover it with a plaster. I'd question, too, the concept of millenia, I prefer to view it as designed.

 

[ianrauk]

Bet the blistier is in your right hand palm really... betchya!

 

[Profpointy]

The fluid in the blister is doing a few things...Firstly it's protecting the area and cushioning it. Secondly it's providing a germ free environment. Thirdly, its cooling the area. If you can, leave it be.. if you can't, leave it be and get compeed on it...never pop a friction or heat blister, your body's mechanisms have had quite a few millenia working out how to deal with stuff, you've only been around for a few decades.....

Not so sure. You've only got the blister in the first place because you've exceeded the design spec of that bit of skin. The blister is a symptom not the healing mechanism I'd suggest

 

[mark st1]

Bet the blistier is in your right hand palm really... betchya!

You caught me out.



It's on both palms though

 

[cyberknight]

On a similar note the skin on the soles of my feet have peeled off , im putting it down to the heat and wearing thick safety boots all day .

 

[lutonloony]

superglue.