Road rash, deep cuts and burns from a hot exhaust pipe are among the most common injuries we see on the island. Cleaned early, they heal fast. Left alone in this heat, they get infected.
Clean running water for several minutes. Getting the sand and grit out is what stops an infection days later.
A clean dressing. Sea water, pool water and sand on an open wound are the usual reason a small graze turns bad.
Increasing pain, swelling, heat, pus or a fever after a day or two means it needs to be seen.
Wounds that may need stitches close best when they are seen within the first few hours.
The doctor cleans the wound, removes grit and checks how deep it goes.
Dressing, stitches, burn care or abscess drainage — and stitch removal later if you need it.
A review if symptoms persist, and itemised receipts for your travel insurer.
It depends on how deep and how wide the wound is and where it sits on the body. The sooner it is looked at, the more options there are — the doctor will tell you straight if a dressing is enough.
Not with an open wound. Sea and pool water is the quickest way to turn a graze into an infection. Ask the doctor when it is safe to get back in.
Tell the doctor roughly when it was and they will advise you. Tetanus is one of the vaccines kept at the clinic.
Yes. Out-call visits run daily on request, anywhere on Koh Phangan.
Walk in during opening hours, or ask for a doctor to come to your room.
General information, not a diagnosis. If symptoms are severe or getting worse, see a doctor straight away.
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