Yes: Any traumatic wound is at risk for foreign body (glass, sand, dirt, etc). That is why it is important to have a wound cleaned well as soon as possible after an injury. Get the the doctor asap to reduce risk of infection.
Answered 3/2/2012
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Wound foreign body: Even in a typical wound center seeing hundreds of patients each month, a wound with a foreign body is not a usual occurrence. Foreign bodies can be of three general varieties: human induced, as with stitches and staples left from surgery; accidental, as with gardening maladies; and exotic, as with cutis calcinosis, an abnormal healing process where the base of the wound calcifies.
Answered 8/5/2017
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