Stitches

Just got stitches?!?!??

I was messing with this glass candleholder thing with a crack in it and it broke in my hand and my mom said she saw my bone because I cut it that deep... except I was totally relaxed and instead of crying from pain I was laughing insanely?! The second my mom said stitches I almost passed out. Well, I got the stitches and it didn't hurt at all. I watched the whole thing and the worst part was when they numbed it and it burned insanely but it stopped hurting and I was laughing again. That was 2 days ago. Today my stitches hurt a little at times and my upper arm is aching insanely? Is there a connection? It's not infected I just checked I took the bandages off... And what's this I hear about them falling off or dissolving? I am so scared.. that was my first trip to the ER and I REALLY don't want to go back.... is it a bad thing if it falls off or dissolves? And what about this freaky arm pain? And why didn't it hurt when I actually cut it? It never started hurting after that. ??

Public Comments

1. Hi Kokocraz, what happens when you cut something is that the body has a natural defence, which may well be why you did not feel anything at first. Like an anaesthetic, it wears off then you feel the pain. As regarding the stitches, if it has been a deep cut, the doctor may have used disolvable stitches inside the wound to draw it together before stitching the outer( skin level of the wound. If the doctor has used the internal solvable stitches it is to draw the inner wound together, thus helping make it easier for the tissue to knit and reform. It is more likely that the external stitches will be of a non disolvable type so that if you accidentally get them wet they wont dissolve too early. Generally a follow up appointment at your doctor's or even possibly the hospital is made to get the stitches removed. This is a process that does not usually hurt. However if you have any worries at all, contact your own doctor of the hospital. Good luck Mike t