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I had an abscess lanced over a week ago, it was packed and drained. the packing came out and the draining stop (before the packing fell out). my cultu?

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Ok: As long as the drainage stops, don't worry about the packing. If you do not get healing by the end of 6 weeks or pus reforms again in the lesion, contact the doctor again.

Answered 7/6/2018

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A member asked:

I had an abscess lanced over a week ago, it was packed and drained. the packing came out and the draining stop (before the packing fell out). my cultu?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. John Chiu answered

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