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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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