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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

Family Physician

Exp 50 years

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Dr. Shanthi.E
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Dr. Shanthi.E

General & Family Physician

Exp 17 years

Dr. Saisudha Kotla
MD
Dr. Saisudha Kotla

General & Family Physician

Exp 12 years

Dr. Nagamani Ng
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Dr. Nagamani Ng

General & Family Physician

Exp 12 years

Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi
MD
Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi

General & Family Physician

Exp 9 years

Dr.Raju
MD
Dr.Raju

General & Family Physician

Exp 11 years

Dr. Vaishalee Punj
MD
Dr. Vaishalee Punj

General & Family Physician

Exp 16 years

Treating Dissolving Stitches Infected

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Dr. Aparna Kohli MD

Stitches after delivery infection ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Aparna Kohli ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar MD

I cut my pinky finger at the middle joint about 3 weeks ago. When I got the stitches out, it was infected. I went through antibiotics and the infection went away. Now it is still swollen at the middle ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Shoaib Khan MD

the signs it is infected or problematic? I had issues with internal stitches becoming infected after ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shoaib Khan ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Deepika Patil MD

back yesterday on 04/12. Around the stitches was inflamed and very hard skin when you touch. He removed some of the stitches and squeeze some of the fluid out. I had to change the antibiotic, maybe the other ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Deepika Patil ( General Surgeon)
Dr. Shehzad Topiwala MD

I am a dentist . I had an Achilles tendon rupture repair Nov. 2014. It was infected when the cast came off by the pseudomonas bacteria. It is still infected despite two pic line treatments and months ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shehzad Topiwala ( Endocrinologist)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr. . Shuchi Nagori MD

yellow substance, and the lip is swollen. Can it be infected? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. . Shuchi Nagori ( Homeopath)
Dr.       Honey Arora MD

Hi, I have recently had stitches on the inside and outside of my lip, (I had a hole in it). A couple of the stitches on the inside came out and now I think it is infected. I am in a foreign country ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Honey Arora ( Dentist)
Dr. ROHITH P A MD

I cut my leg about 8 days ago and went to ER and got 10 stitches for it in my right shin. I am on Keflex and was at dr yesterday and he removed 3 stitches and put on steri sstrips in there place. My ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. ROHITH P A ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Ram Choudhary MD

because he said dog bites almost always get infected so he put some stitches on the inside of my hand. They are dissolvable stitches but still have not dissolved. They are sticking out of my hand and... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ram Choudhary ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr.  Praveen G MD

bit jst v small n sum watery yellow n red came out.is it infected? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Praveen G ( Infectious Diseases Specialist)