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Cut my foot in the lake didn't cover it till 4 hours later i put alcohol & bandaid but about a week now & it hurts and i saw a little bug come out it?
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This is serious : you need to see a podiatrist right away. You may have a serious infection and or a retained foreign object in the foot and possibly more "bugs" in your foot.
Answered 6/5/2015
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