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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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Suggest Remedy For Pain In Knuckles After Injury

HELLO, I WAS POLISHING A WINE GLASS 2 DAYS AGO WHEN IT BROKE AND SHATTERED IN MY HAND INFLICTING A CUT ON MY RIGHT INDEX FINGER KNUCKLE. I THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT UNTIL YESTERDAY I NOTICED IT WAS RED, SWOLLEN AND PAINFUL. THAT IS WHEN I REALIZED THERE MAY BE GLASS STUCK UNDER THE SKIN. THE ACTUALLY CUT IS ONLY HALF AN INCH IF THAT, SO IT SEEMS THE PIECE OF GLASS WAS SHARP AND WENT PRETTY DEEP INTO SKIN. I WENT TO THE ER TODAY AND THE X-RAYS SHOWED NO FOREIGN OBJECTS. I WAS GIVEN ANTIBIOTICS AND SENT HOME. THE SWELLING AND PAIN HAS ONLY INCREASED AS THE DAY HAS GONE ON, BASICALLY MY WHOLE HAND IS SWOLLEN, HOT TO TOUCH AND PAINFUL. AND MOBILITY OF MY HAND IS LIMITED ALONG WITH A SHARP STABBING PAIN ON KNUCKLE NEAR THE CUT. HAVE I BEEN GIVEN BAD MEDICAL ADVICE? WHAT IF THERE IS GLASS IN MY SKIN CAUSING INFECTION?
Fri, 20 Mar 2015
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