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Stuck By A Locust Thorn

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Dr. Shruti Rijhwani MD

I got stuck by a thorn from a crown of thorn plant and I thought I opened it up and got the pus out. I have been using peroxide and alcohol and then Neosporin but the palm of my... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shruti Rijhwani ( Rheumatologist)
Dr. Rahul Kumar MD

Today about 12 noon, my wife was working outside and got stuck with a palm thorn. It has now became ... extremely painful. She is originally from Haiti and isn't sure if she ever had a tetanus... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rahul Kumar ( Dermatologist)
Dr.  Rahul Kumar MD

What can I do if I think I have sporotrichosis as I was stuck in the thumb by a XXXXXXX thorn and I have a hard time taking any medicine for over a day or two. I have low thyroid... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rahul Kumar ( Dermatologist)
Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma MD

will have thorns. One day my mother went out and it was a dry land with heavy breeze in the fields. A branch of thorn stuck with her saree in between legs near ankle level and a... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr.  Rahul Kumar MD

left a 2" red area. Tonight i saw a tiny 'dot' of thorn - gently squeezed area - and it slid out easily .... i do take 500mg Hydroxyurea as a blood thinner and feel w/thorn in arm... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rahul Kumar ( Dermatologist)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr. Jayasree Puravoor MD

About one week ago, I was stabbed in the heel by a locust thorn. There is no sign of infection but my heel is painful when I put weight on it. I think it is possible that a bit of the... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Jayasree Puravoor ( Dermatologist)
Dr. Rebecca Beach MD

I was cutting mesquite trees yesterday and had a thorn get stuck in my fore arm. It was swollen ... it be infected, or Is it just painful because it was a 1 thorn? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rebecca Beach ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Anantharamakrishnan MD

Hi, The first of June I stuck a rose thorn in my arm. It became infected and then was diagnosed with rose thorn disease after that another doctor did a biopsy and it came back invasive... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Anantharamakrishnan ( Cardiologist)
Dr. Parasar MD

My husband had a thorn stuck in his index finger while gardening yesterday we removed the thorn but ... says it s still throbbing. I think he should see a doctor? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Parasar ( Dentist)
Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu MD

I got stuck with a knockout rose thorn yesterday. It stuck in my forearm and i had to pull it out ... has a firm bump under the discolored area. It only hurt when I got stuck and... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu ( Internal Medicine Specialist)