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A member asked:
I have a puncture wound that is not healing and i keep finding bits of my shoe in the wound?
5 doctors weighed in across 4 answers
Puncture wound: See you doctor or go to a facility for care right away. Wound needs to be examined and cleaned properly.
Answered 5/27/2016
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Seek treatment: Your best option at this point time is to find a good podiatrist and have them do an incision and drainage to remove the remaining foreign bodies so you do not get infected.
Answered 5/27/2016
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Not good: needs to be cleaned and likely antibiotic to prevent infection as shoe in a wound is very dirty. See a foot/wound specialist
Answered 5/27/2016
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Surgery: If you were my patient, and I saw this, I would schedule a surgery quickly, to formally open the wound and clean it out, and take cultures for infection. Dr. Latva
Answered 5/27/2016
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