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Thumb Injury. Applied Neosporin And Peroxide. How To Stop The Pain?
I had a piece od a tree that had thorns in my thumb I pulled it with tweezers but a piece was still there I used the clippers and clipped the little area away and now I have a piece of tissue sticking out of the right side of my thumb by the nail and it hurts I have put neosporin and peroxide the whole finger dont hurt just where this piece sticking out is I cant touch it its hurts badly and it has been there now three weeks I do have a doctor appt on the 29th but is there anything I can do to stop the pain my dau does nails and she said that has happened to people who cut there skin and it will go away but this is showing no signs of going away
Mon, 4 Nov 2013
Hi pain is the commonest symptom whenever thorns are present and removed from any part of body.first the thorn should be removed in total and use of antibiotic tablets twice daily and use of anti inflammatory agent like combiflame twice daily and application of t bact ointment twice daily can cure the condition
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