A member asked:

I fell on a concrete sidewalk yesterday. used some hand soap on the wound and came home. today it looks a little red surrounding it, is this normal?

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Dr. Steve Choi answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Depends: Any break in the skin could be source of infection even for an abrasion. If you have done general first aid wound care and the redness or swelling or pain increases, then see your doctor right away.

Answered 9/16/2014

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