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Do i need to see the doctor for an infected puncture wound under my fingernail?

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Yes: For appropriate antibiotics and incision and drainage to avoid spread to the bone and cause osteomyelitis and well as spread up the arm (lymphangitis with cellulitis).

Dr Lutwick and another doctor agreed

Answered 12/13/2012

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