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Pus Oozing From Old Surgical Scar, Inflamed And Puffed Up With Redness, Antibiotics?
Hi, I m a 23 year old male, and I have puss coming out of an old surgical scar . I rolled a car about 4 years ago, and completely crushed my left hand s index finger bone inside my hand. A few days ago, it became really inflamed and puffed up - it looked really red. This usually happens when I hit my hand on this particular bone, but the swelling didn t go down within a couple hours to a day, as it usually does. Yesterday, it grew a somewhat white head to it, so I pricked it with a needle and a bunch of yellowish puss came out. The problem continued into today, and now the spot is a dark red ( blood colored) elevated bump. Every hour or so, I can push out some blood, but if I leave it for a while, more puss will come out when I push on it. Should I get antibiotics?
Sun, 27 May 2012
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it looks like that uyou have developed infection in your finger tip it may be abscess or paronychia. for this get a xray of the finger done , r/o bony infection and get the abscess drain out. along with this strength the immunity of your body to fight the infection withe the antibiotics to heal better and faster.
it looks like that uyou have developed infection in your finger tip it may be abscess or paronychia. for this get a xray of the finger done , r/o bony infection and get the abscess drain out. along with this strength the immunity of your body to fight the infection withe the antibiotics to heal better and faster.
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Welcome here on Health Care Magic Dot Com.
I am very much concern of your problem.
I think I will certainly able to help you out of this condition.
In my view
You have a bad habit of treating yourself by yourself.
And you are not a doctor.
So operative procedures must be left for the trained doctor.
So I will suggest
To visit your family doctor and he will take care of everything.
Good luck.
Thanks
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