Over the last two months, I have experienced two incidents: 1) stubbed my toe and a small area of my toe nail became bruised - (it's still bruised but is unchanged and there's no pain), and 2) I impaled the heal of my right foot with a fork while hurrying to answer the phone - (which resulted in a dead flap of skin which I removed and an open wound in my foot).
In the latter case, the good news is that it hurt - (I
felt the pain of the injury) - and the wound had a blood supply - (evidenced by the red tinged tissue). I cleaned it with soap and water, had my husband look at it, then applied Neosporin, covered the wound with a large, 1 1/2" bandage, then put on my socks and shoes to protect it during the day when not sleeping. I also removed my dishes from the floor next to the desk in my home office.
I repeated my foot care routine every 1 to 2 days when I took a shower, including having my husband monitor my progress.
During the week and a half to two weeks that followed, I never had an infection and the wound slowly continued to heal. I do not have neuropathy. Foot is fine. I'm fine. Relieved, of course.
If you do not have neuropathy in your feet, you'll likely be fine. That said, if you're unsure of what to do, that's what your doctor is there for.
