Anyone get injured in the kitchen, (burned, cut, scalded) badly enough to get or should have gotten hospital treatment?

[Bricealan]

I ask this, because I recently cut off the end of my index finger with a razor sharp Bread Knife, and probably should have gone to the hospital for stitches. Luckily, I was able to tape the finger and the cut off piece back and it healed, but MAY never recover the 'feeling' in the tip of the index finger, and it makes feeling the violin string a little less 'positive',

We hear most accidents occur in the home, and I know some can be catastrophic.

What happened to you and how could it have been prevented?

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THANK ALL OF YOU THAT ANSWERED, AS IT SHOWS HOW BADLY WE CAN GET INJURED IN OUR OWN HOMES, BY DOING SIMPLE CHORES LIKE COOKING, EVEN EATING VERY HOT FOODS ETC
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THANK YOU ALL AGAIN AND STAY SAFE !!!

[Anonymous]

1. I was making French Toast and went to flip the thing which you probably just shouldn't. The oil in the pan splashed back on me and covered the length of my arm with dime sized burns. The one in between the thumb and forefinger hurt the worst and scabbed up something terrifying. My whole arm is now dotted with scars despite me religiously applying scar cream day and night for 4 solid months with that one.

2. The second one was just pure stupidity. I took a fresh hot pizza out of the oven and being super hungry, decided to go ahead and give that a big ole' bite. It was molten lava hot (duh), and so I panicked from the searing heat and attempted to spit it out mid chew, but then I started half choking and the bit I ate went down my throat burning everything in it's path. The roof of my mouth, my toungue, part of my tonsils, my esophagus, everything was f---d up for 3 long solid weeks. I could not eat or drink anything hot during that time as bits of my mouth were just shedding and turning white and bubbled in places. The extreme cold of things like ice cream made my mouth and throat feel raw. I struggled to swallow any type of food so had to resort to drinking room temp smoothies from a straw, but every single time I swallowed, I was in pain. Everyone I tell this to is like, you dummy, and I agree!!!!

[California_Poppy]

I once knocked over the French press coffee that I just filled with boiling water,. all over my thigh and lady region, causing second and third degree burns. I vividly remember how painful it was trying to wash the coffee grounds out of my leg 😫.
I was young, dumb, and didn't have insurance at the time so I did not go to the hospital.
I treated it at home with creams and antiseptics. I healed and luckily you can't even really tell anymore.

[Anonymous]

I'm really sorry to say it but @BoobSlayer had his sister harm him using melons so it wasn't an accident.

[Meropatrick]

Was making caramel spilled on me. Horrible burned fingers.

[Bricealan]

Require skin graft or hospitalization?

[Meropatrick]

Yes they had to apply Something called dressing on it so it doesn't get infected. The caramel was boiling and once it ends up on the skin its like molten lava its sticks.

[Bricealan]

Wow, when did that happen? Recently? Have you recovered from the burns? God I hope so. Sorry to hear that man!!!

[Meropatrick]

It happened last year. I recovered but still have Some scars. Thanks man for asking. I am doing better now. But no longer dare to make caramel at home

[OlderAndWiser]

One Christmas Day, in the mid to late 1990's, I was helping to prepare dinner, cleaning and cutting the squash. One of the squashes grabbed the knife and sliced the side of my thumb. It required a trip to the ER (blessedly not busy that day) and a few stitches, then I returned home and ate that son of a bitch!

[Bricealan]

Looks like most injuries in the kitchen DO involve getting cut or burned, just as you might think, and many requiring hospital treatment.

[Valso]

Many years ago I accidentally poured boiling water on my feet. The left foot survived unharmed but the right one wasn't so lucky and the sock got literally fused with the skin. When the emergency doctors removed the sock, I could see my foot's bone. My parents had to call a cab to take me to the emergency room bc according to our ambulance service pouring boiling water on your feet isn't an emergency case and doesn't require an ambulance to be dispatched.

It took the skin and the meat a few years to fully recover during which time pain and itch were following one after the other, sometimes they were simultaneous and it was impossible to walk.

And these "doctors" that go with the ambulance then wonder why patients beat the crap out of them whenever they get the chance... 🤣 The beating is too rare, if you ask me. Apparently they have forgotten the Hypocritical oath they took and they need a frequent and painful reminder of it. 🤣🤣

[Telekinetic-Potato]

I've sliced the shit out of my thumbs from using a mandelin. Thank god they were sharp. I've caught my fingernail on a slightly dull one and something about that made me realize how lucky I was my fingers healed so good.

[Bricealan]

Funny you should say that! After my 'bread knife' finger cutting, a girl in my yoga class made the same statement you made, and I had no idea what a 'mandelin" was! I felt stupid thinking of a musical instrument. I found later that I took have a mandelin and periodically us it to shred carrots, and am ALWAYS thinking about how bad I could get cut using it, and I always stop 'shredding' an INCH from the cutters and drop the carrot. She, the girl at yogo, said it happened at Christmas and she still has 'no feeling' in the finger.
Thanks for the comments... sorry about the injury.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

Thanks, yea, when they asked me if I knew how to use one I was like "I play guitar"

[KrakenAttackin]

I was burned pretty badly when my stupid ex over temped hot oil than tried to splash water on it 😏😏😏, despite the fact I had a large fire extinguisher AND a fire blanket in the kitchen. Fucking hell.

[Bricealan]

OMG... that sound horrific !

[DryGermanGuy]

Nothing too drastic, but countless burns from touching hot pans, hot water or hot oil. Latest highlight was ramming a sharp knife into my hand. Yeah, that was fun.

[Jazzy54]

Back in 2012, I was reheating some breadsticks in the oven. When I was taking them out, I lifted my wrist too high and I got burned. I didn’t have to go to the hospital, but I still have a small scar.

[ShesRad80]

yes broke a glass and it went through my pinky hadda get 5 stitches and the glass shard pulled out of my finger.

[jamesgoldman]

Got scars on most of my fingers from knives on the restaurant, one I took a bread knife to had to be glued together again

Tried to test caramel with my index finger, bad idea

[sheikalana]

I cook almost everyday but this never happened to me. I'm always extremely careful.

[DaBiggestBird]

Thankfully no. I always make sure the toilet doesn’t leave with Pretzel.

[DermalPunch]

You are awesome.