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Hand cut
A hand cut is a break in the skin in the hand. The hand is the part of the body past the wrist creases but includes the wrist bones or carpus, the metacarpal region or the palm and the fingers and thumb. Hand cuts or lacerations if deep to the deep dermis can involve nerves, blood vessels , tendons, muscles and joints. The hand has a very densely packed vital anatomy so a hand cut is never simple.
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: hand cut?
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A 36-year old asked:
How much disability can I get if I got my hand cut at work?
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A 48-year old asked:
Will i need stitches on a deep but not wide hand cut?
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A 37-year old asked:
What is the treatment for hand cut?
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A 36-year old asked:
Can bone get infected if you have deep hand cut?
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A 42-year old asked:
If infected or frostbite on fingers then you would have to get hand cut off! is that true?
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A 20-year old female asked:
A rusted iron blade scratched my hand. The cut is small but it bled a bit. Im just concerned wether I should get tetanus injection?
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A 44-year old asked:
What to do if my hand thumb cut by thread ? Can I use super glue?
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A 45-year old asked:
My sister has recently had the index and middle fingers of her left hand accidently cut off (but shes right handed). Is that considered a disability?
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A 50-year old asked:
What do you suggest if my sister has recently had the index and middle fingers of her left hand accidently cut off (but shes right handed) is that a disability?
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A 39-year old asked:
One finger is sore after my hand got cut, what does it mean if it's any way related to the cut?
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A 37-year old male asked:
Middle finger (side of back of my hands)was cut by broken wood golf tee, blood came from vein.Can wood particle get into directly vein and dangerous?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Hand sanitizer dried out hands & skin cut & bled & have tiny itchy bumps that won't go away with creams or hydrocortisone. Fungal? Allergy? Bacterial?
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A 33-year old asked:
If your hand nerves get cut, is that fatal?
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A 30-year old asked:
What to do if my hand thumb got cut by a thread?
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A 37-year old female asked:
I had to use a regular hand saw to cut open the coconut. If stranded on an island, how do you open a coconut? Does it explode if you cook it?
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A 29-year old male asked:
Hiv from touching blood on another person cut hand?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Possible HIV exposure or not likely? Mechanic on my car cut hand on car part. Minutes later i touched bloody spot cut myself. Likely? Hiv stat unknown
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A 48-year old asked:
If you cut your knuckles or the top of your hand would it cut your vein?
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A 35-year old male asked:
Can you catch any disease from spilling someone else's old urine on your hands with a cut on your finger?
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A 39-year old female asked:
Should i take my stitches out? 16 days ago i had 10 stitches put into my hand after being cut by a razor knife. The area is now swollen, the stitches themselves are cutting into my skin and causing pain, but the cut is still gaping a little. Will it be ok
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A 34-year old asked:
What are the chances of getting aids from fingering with a cut on hand? Is the cut on the hand super dangerous?
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A 24-year old female asked:
I scrapped my hand and the cut is yellowish with a red ring around it with sharp pains but no discharge... Could it be infected?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Can you contact hiv from vomit if your hand has a cut? Random person had vomit on their shirt that I briefly touched and I had cuts on my hand.
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A 22-year old female asked:
Took work clothes off i don't know if there was any hepatitis or HIV body fluids on them went straight to toilet am i at risk cut hands wiped self?
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A 31-year old female asked:
I was cleaning my goldfishes tank today when my hand got a cut from a part of the glass. It peeled a few layers of skin and bled for a couple of minutes. I had my last tetanus shot 10 years ago, should I get one, as it is is recommended to stay home?
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A member asked:
Hi, I have a question. Im worry because about 30 minutes ago I feel a strong pain in one finger on my left hand (like a cut), and I could see the vein getting more purple and my finger very warm. Then the purple kind of went away but I still feel my fing
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A 22-year old female asked:
If body fluids touched clothes, shoes and car seat and my cut hands then knocked car seat then and later on would i be at risk of hepatitis or hiv?
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A 20-year old male asked:
I had a small cut on my finger.mutual masturbated the masseuse.not the hand with the cut.afraid of getting the virus to hand when washing. HIV risk?
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A 40-year old male asked:
Is there any risk of HIV infection by drinking any drink from a glass, can, bottle, cup, anything? What if they touched any of these with a hand blood or cut or body fluid on it?
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