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Keep it elevated above the heart, take an anti-inflammatory pain reliever (Motrin or Aleeve is best, Tylenol is not anti-inflammatory, aspirin might increase the bleeding), keep the bandage not too tight, and apply cold (for not more than 20 minutes out of each hour. Twenty four hours after the debridement change that to warmth, instead of cold.Even if you don't think the throbbing is related to position, keep it elevated above the heart anyway. Throbbing is always related to your heart beat. It's merely feeling of your pulse in a tender area. If you don't believe it, just try counting your pulse along with your throbbing. They will be the same rate. (possibly not perfectly synchronized, but the same rate.) Also, elevating it will reduce (and prevent the increase of) the swelling. The more swelling the worse the throb.
Keep it elevated above the heart, take an anti-inflammatory pain reliever (Motrin or Aleeve is best, Tylenol is not anti-inflammatory, aspirin might increase the bleeding), keep the bandage not too tight, and apply cold (for not more than 20 minutes out of each hour. Twenty four hours after the debridement change that to warmth, instead of cold.
Even if you don't think the throbbing is related to position, keep it elevated above the heart anyway. Throbbing is always related to your heart beat. It's merely feeling of your pulse in a tender area. If you don't believe it, just try counting your pulse along with your throbbing. They will be the same rate. (possibly not perfectly synchronized, but the same rate.) Also, elevating it will reduce (and prevent the increase of) the swelling. The more swelling the worse the throb.
