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How to treat a burn on wrist with wet yellow scab?
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Sounds like its: infected. start using hydrogen peroxide and topical antiobiotics to burn area, if not doing better in a few days I would see derm for culture and perhaps oral antibiotics
Answered 5/26/2018
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