Do I need ER after puncture?
Hello, I am 14 female, I weight about 80 pounds(recovering from ED), not currently on any medications today because it's the weekend.
Today I accidentally stepped on something sharp, specifically it was a part from one of those blackhead removal kits that somehow got on my carpet, it was one of sharp sides with the tiny, tiny little curve on the end.
It didn't go horribly far in, less than an inch. It hurt, obviously, but managed to get it out without tearing the surrounding skin too much. It didn't bleed too much, but enough to drip a little if I had let it.
I put pressure on it after using hydrogen peroxide, it stopped bleeding. My niece is sleeping over, and my parents wanted me to bring her out to the forest. It didn't hurt unbearably, so I put a bandaid on it and got my shoes on. I walked for about twenty-five minutes out there, then came home and laid down.
Over the time I was laying, the pain got worst. It got to a near unbearable point(for me at least, since I'm young). I was gonna go to get water, but I immediately had to sit back down. Every little pressure or weight I put on that foot hurt like hell.
It was too the point I had to sit down and drag myself from my room down the short hall, I got to the medicine cabinet, and I applied some pain relief gel, then wrapped it in one of those medical cloth things. It got better for a few minutes, and right now it's just an ache. I can put a little weight on it. But I feel like I can't straighten my leg, I can put my toes against the ground, but not my heel. Its not pain that's stopping it, I just generally feel like I can't(like, I can get it down, but I can't bend my knee at all and have to lean back a bit to get my foot to lay flat.)
I looked at the mark, and there was a little dark patch, which I'm assuming is just drying blood, but I'm still worried since it's too the point I can't walk.
Should I go to the er? Or can I fix this at home?