tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009249011572927504.post5950285986884377877..comments2023-06-25T11:35:22.634-04:00Comments on Evil League of Evil Writers: Series Post: Ask Dr. Dina - Cuts and PuncturesSkyla Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02094497198550621780noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009249011572927504.post-68735791204564426602013-06-22T16:46:12.245-04:002013-06-22T16:46:12.245-04:00I'd like to add to the gunshot thing - you sai...I'd like to add to the gunshot thing - you said you won't die of lead poisoning if you don't get the bullet out immediately. Really, you won't die of lead poisoning if you don't get the bullet out ever - unless it's in your intestinal tract, the lead just sits in the bullet and does nothing but act as any other foreign body. Muscle tissue doesn't leach lead or other metal out. It kills me inside a little how many movies and stories make a huge deal out of digging bullets out, when in most cases you do more damage to the surrounding muscle, nerves, and vasculature than the bullet will ever do sitting there.<br />The exception would be if you end up with a chronic inflammatory reaction and recurrent abscess formation around the bullet, but that's a matter of foreign body, not lead, and can happen with any object the body doesn't like (painted earrings for instance, or cheat grass/foxtail awns that get embedded in the tissue).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009249011572927504.post-61253504520309139412013-06-04T00:52:22.625-04:002013-06-04T00:52:22.625-04:00Arrows fall under punctures, generally. They'r...Arrows fall under punctures, generally. They're stabbing more than cutting. Piercing wounds fall under punctures. Knives for instance. Yes, they can cut, but most knife wounds are stab wounds, or punctures. Great question!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14982591623341692499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009249011572927504.post-86221934581272379122013-06-04T00:46:16.209-04:002013-06-04T00:46:16.209-04:00This series is amazingly helpful. I am at this mom...This series is amazingly helpful. I am at this moment about to shoot a character with an arrow. Are we talking puncture wound then? Or a combination of laceration and puncture? With the arrow head, it seems almost like a stabbing/poking combination. <br />??Frances Paulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11690177907315923299noreply@blogger.com