# Help! My fiance won't quit bleeding! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 16, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-fiance-wont-quit-bleeding/560879 "2010-11-16T17:58:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-fiance-wont-quit-bleeding/560879/21 "2010-11-16T19:07:34Z")
Have you considered the super glue/liquid bandage? ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-fiance-wont-quit-bleeding/560879/22 "2010-11-16T19:08:39Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Sorry, I forgot that you guys only go to the doctor when you can afford to go, not when you need to go. 🙂 Hey, just because someone else is paying doesn’t mean it’s not expensive. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-fiance-wont-quit-bleeding/560879/23 "2010-11-16T19:09:24Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Sorry, I forgot that you guys only go to the doctor when you can afford to go, not when you need to go. 🙂 Fair enough, 😉 But I wouldn’t go even if it was free in this case. Not worth the wait, time out of my schedule, and hassle for them to tell me: “Yep that’s a little puncture”. Then they will use their special medical superglue, which costs five times as much as the most expensive stuff available elsewhere. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-fiance-wont-quit-bleeding/560879/24 "2010-11-16T19:14:22Z")
Pretend to sleep. Watch for teeny tiny vampires. More seriously, she may have to give up on having a functioning finger for awhile. Others have suggested immobilizing the finger. I can see where that would be irritating and seem like overkill, but she may need to bite the bullet and immobilize the finger. I had stitches on one finger, once, and the doctor put a huge bandage on it. It wasn’t splinted, but it was immobile. And my cut was at the tip, rather than at the joint. Immobilize. Wear a baggie while showering. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-fiance-wont-quit-bleeding/560879/25 "2010-11-16T19:21:16Z")
There was that \*Star Trek TNG \*episode where Riker thought he was in a play about a crazy person who didn’t think he was crazy and he kept having this spot of blood appear on his temple and the whole scenario kept repeating, and the blood kept coming back and he couldn’t get out of the asylum. Lather, rinse, repeat. WELL. It turns out he had been abducted by aliens who were using a brain probe on him. Just sayin’
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**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-fiance-wont-quit-bleeding/560879/26 "2010-11-16T19:29:01Z")
Liquid bandage is cheaper than a doctor’s visit and that could easily be the solution the doctor provides. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-fiance-wont-quit-bleeding/560879/27 "2010-11-16T19:33:38Z")
If she is female and menstruating, I wouldn’t worry about a clotting disorder unless _that_ doesn’t stop bleeding either. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-fiance-wont-quit-bleeding/560879/28 "2010-11-16T19:44:00Z")
OK, we’ll go with the liquid bandage. I was thinking of super glue but I didn’t know if people ever actually did that. In other news, she burned herself on the wrist last night while cooking with oil. It’s not her week. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-fiance-wont-quit-bleeding/560879/29 "2010-11-16T19:45:47Z")
I’m sticking with stigmata. See if she performs any miracles in the next few days, then we’ll be able to nail this sucker down once and for all. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-fiance-wont-quit-bleeding/560879/30 "2010-11-16T20:09:44Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I’m sticking with stigmata. > > See if she performs any miracles in the next few days, then **we’ll be able to nail this sucker down once and for all.** What an unfortunate choice of words. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-fiance-wont-quit-bleeding/560879/31 "2010-11-16T20:10:50Z")
I’m not sure that you’re supposed to use Superglue or liquid bandage on a puncture wound. If it were me, I’d probably see a dermatologist- it’s probably too late to suture it, but it could possibly be numbed and cauterized. But hey, no prob, it’s only your girlfriend- it’s not like you’ll be widowed if home treatment doesn’t work out, right? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-fiance-wont-quit-bleeding/560879/32 "2010-11-16T20:34:07Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > See if she performs any miracles in the next few days, then we’ll be able to nail this sucker down once and for all. She’s making fish for dinner tonight. If it comes out edible, we’ll have our miracle
😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-fiance-wont-quit-bleeding/560879/33 "2010-11-16T20:43:01Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > \ > She’s not bleeding _constantly_, she’s bleeding _repeatedly_. We can’t figure out how to stop her from reopening it while still keeping the finger functional.\ Ah - I think I mis-understood you (that you couldn’t get it to _stop_ bleeding). Yeah, super glue, immobilize the finger, hope for the best with the fish, etc. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-fiance-wont-quit-bleeding/560879/34 "2010-11-16T20:55:45Z")
Ask her to think long and hard about whether she’s had bleeding problems in the past, and see a doc immediately if so. My mom did an operation on a 40 year old who was clearly a hemophiliac of some sort who had nooooooo idea :smack:. IANAD. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-fiance-wont-quit-bleeding/560879/35 "2010-11-16T21:00:13Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > What an unfortunate choice of words. What’s the term for an unfortunate choice of words that was probably intentional? ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-fiance-wont-quit-bleeding/560879/36 "2010-11-16T21:03:04Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > What an unfortunate choice of words. No need to get cross. ---
**Author:** ![HeadNinja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b4bc9f/32.png) [@HeadNinja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeadNinja)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-fiance-wont-quit-bleeding/560879/37 "2010-11-16T21:33:37Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > She’s making fish for dinner tonight. If it comes out edible, we’ll have our miracle
😉 Or if you finish with more than you started with. Either way. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-fiance-wont-quit-bleeding/560879/38 "2010-11-16T22:48:31Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > The wound is not the issue; the issue is that your fiancĂ©e sounds like she has a clotting disorder, and that’s a big deal. A doctor will probably order tests to find out why she doesn’t clot properly. > > ETA: And treat the bleeding with the right treatment, based on what her disorder (if any) is. She may have “[von Willebrands](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Willebrands)”. I have it, but didn’t discover that I did until I was 35. It is estimated that approximately 3% of the human population has this condition, although a very small % of those people are ever diagnosed. Your fiance should go to a hematologist or an oncologist and have her blood tested. If she does have von Willebrands then that is vital information that could save her life if she were to ever have surgery or had trama from an accident. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-fiance-wont-quit-bleeding/560879/39 "2010-11-16T23:48:47Z")
I work with cats, so I get cuts all over my fingers and hands all the time. Definitely give the liquid bandage a try. It will BURN for several minutes. She will have to suck it up and wait it out, but it won’t be fun. It really should work, though. I found the wounds I use (surgical glue - but it’s all essentially the same) liquid bandage on also heal the best with the least scarring. I have a lot of scars on my hands! But since I wash my hands constantly, that stuff is the only answer, really. I’ve had cuts get infected from all the hand washing, because all the beneficial stuff that helps in healing all gets washed away, too. If I put the surgical glue on it, I don’t need a wrap that would keep me from washing anyway, and it heals quickly. Do make sure to apply the liquid bandage after she gets the bleeding stopped again, and the area is really dry without waterlogged skin. The glue won’t bond properly if there’s still any bleeding or the skin is wet or waterlogged. Good luck - and with the fish, too! ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-fiance-wont-quit-bleeding/560879/40 "2010-11-17T00:28:55Z")
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