How to Remove a Sliver

Slivers can be very painful if not taken care of immediately.

Therefore, it is important to learn how to remove a sliver by following these tips.   

Many people have been known to die from undetected slivers, as a result of septic poisoning and other infections.  

Slivers are small and very difficult to catch at first glance. Whenever you are dealing any type of wood, metal, glass, or some similar material; check to ensure that the clothing you are wearing has no trace of these particles.   

However, in the event that you do find a sliver, you need to wash your hand off carefully and disinfect it with an antiseptic wash. You also need to disinfect a pair of tweezers that will be used to remove the sliver.  

Take a piece of tape and wrap it around the exposed part of the sliver. Then pull the tape off in one go. The sliver should come out easily.   

Another method you can use to remove a sliver is to take tweezers to pinch the end of the sliver and pull it out.  Be sure to pull the sliver in the same angle with which it has been embedded in the skin.  

If you can’t seem to remove it with tweezers, take a needle; disinfect it; and place it in such a position that it forms a t when placed next to the sliver. Press on the needle in an upward motion so that the sliver begins to move out enough so that you can finish the job with tweezers. 

In the event the sliver cannot be removed at all, see a doctor immediately.

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