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Suggest Treatment For Painful Injury On Ball Of The Feet

I stepped on a broken beer bottle in the lake 24 hours ago. It was a large very pointy piece that entered the ball of my foot. It feels very deep and is extremely painful still. I am not able to put any pressure on my foot not even to wrap it. It is red around the wond and white right at the wond opening. Do I need to go to the er so it doesnt get infected due to the lake water and since my primary doctor isnt open till monday?
Wed, 1 Jul 2015
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go to the ER to undergo a wound debridment if needed and wrapping. antibiotics as amoxi-clav (if you are not allergic) or doxycyclin, adding metronidazole covering (for clostridium perfringens/tetani) are mandatory. ER doctors will decide if giving to you them orally or through intravenous/intramuscular injection. if you didn't receive a antitetanic vaccine, ask for antitetanic immunoglobulins, that are fundamental.
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Suggest Treatment For Painful Injury On Ball Of The Feet

go to the ER to undergo a wound debridment if needed and wrapping. antibiotics as amoxi-clav (if you are not allergic) or doxycyclin, adding metronidazole covering (for clostridium perfringens/tetani) are mandatory. ER doctors will decide if giving to you them orally or through intravenous/intramuscular injection. if you didn t receive a antitetanic vaccine, ask for antitetanic immunoglobulins, that are fundamental.