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Can you tell me how could a blister become infected?
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Skin is a protective: barrier against infection. If the tissue overlying the blister breaks open - that is now a portal for germs to enter your body and can lead to infection.
Answered 5/22/2017
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Bacteria: got into the blister though an opening before the skin under the blister is healed .
Answered 7/24/2014
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