On 2013-11-25 7:21 AM, Pico Rico wrote:

>>
>> The last time I had a nasty cut I should have had stitches but I went to
>> late. When I showed up the ER after noon the next day the nurse chastised
>> me for not coming sooner, asking what made me think I didn't need stitches
>> right away. I told her the truth. I had had two Manhattans so I could not
>> drive, and I had a leg on lamb on the BBQ and I didn't want to waste it. I
>> had put a nice tight bandage on it and the bleeding was under control. The
>> doctor could not stitch it because it was too late. He put some sort of
>> bandage on it and it healed better and with less scarring than if I had
>> had stitches.
>
> I don't understand the facination with stitches for most cuts.
>

They pull the skin together, form a partial seal against infection and
speed up healing. There are now special bandages that stick well enough
to hold smaller cuts together without stitches and the extra scarring
they can produce.

>> How do you try not to faint? It's not something most people can control.
>
> yes, but the cause of the fainting determines the wuss factor.


Blood loss can cause fainting and some people are more resilient to
blood loss than others. I remember once giving blood and being helped
to get up by a nurse. I asked her if it was true that a lot of people
faint after giving blood. She said it was, and just as she said it I saw
someone a couple cots over pass out.