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Hand laceration
Hand lacerations can range from minor things like a paper cut to major injuries where tendons and nerves are damaged.
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A 37-year old asked:
Had you ever used glue on a hand laceration?
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A 37-year old asked:
Any advice on how to heal my hand laceration?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: hand laceration?
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A 36-year old asked:
What is the treatment for hand laceration?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Do I have to be cleared by my doctor to play basketball? I had a hand laceration on the top of my hand that severed my pinke and wrist tendon and had to have them surgerically repaired. I had a check up yesterday and the doctor says they are healing fine
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A 37-year old asked:
What's the difference between hand injury, glass laceration. Venous clot?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Will accupunction be safe on my hand if I have limited mobility & feeling from a laceration that is now caused from scare tissue?
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A 46-year old male asked:
Just got 5 stitches on the top of my hand near the thumb due to a 3/4 in. in laceration about 1/8 deep. Can I play light soccer in 2 days?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Palm laceration a week ago under pinky finger. That finger is stiff and hurts sometimes when using my hand. Should I be concerned? Dermabond used.
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A 29-year old asked:
Hand surgeon needed to help finger tendon laceration?
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A 36-year old female asked:
How long does it usually take for swelling/discomfort to subside and mobility to improve after a finger laceration (palm side of hand) that requires stitches? Got stitches and splint yesterday. Splint comes off today, but stitches not til next week?
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A 41-year old male asked:
had cut on finger with skin removed. It was 1mm deep,4mm long & 2mm width. After 3 days during mutual masturbation,she rubbed her vagina herself & touched my hand. Am I in HIV risk if any cum in her hand touch or rubbed the laceration on my finger
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A 38-year old asked:
How do I treat an infected laceration on my thumb?
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A 34-year old asked:
Nail laceration reversible?
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A 42-year old asked:
How fast can I make my nail laceration go away?
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A 38-year old asked:
Is it normal to have pain the day after a thumb laceration w/ 5 stitches?
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A 32-year old asked:
What should I do with dead skin on a laceration that is on the side of my thumb?
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A 32-year old asked:
I received a laceration in my left thumb yesterday. Instantly, the top half went numb. What should I do?
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A 24-year old female asked:
I have a healing laceration over the middle part of my index finger. (on a splint).It slightly reopened after it bent. Can it still heal on its own?
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A member asked:
Are the symptoms of nail laceration bad?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: nail laceration?
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A 41-year old asked:
I cannot move thumb very well after laceration?
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A 35-year old asked:
Inch deep laceration on wrist with no pain, what to do?
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A 39-year old asked:
Inch deep laceration on wrist but feeling no pain, is this normal?
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A 34-year old asked:
I have a laceration just below the wrist. How long can I wait to get a surgery?
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A 39-year old female asked:
Deep laceration of my index finger (and surgery to repair my nerve) 1.5 month ago.10 stitches. I cannot bed or straighten my finger properly since. How long will take to fully recover motion?
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A 46-year old male asked:
One 1in clean straight line laceration below skin on palm by nail; 3 days old not healing or bleeding; slight soreness. Heal on its own?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Should I be concerned that there is a swelling of fluid on my thumb knuckle where I had three stitches from a laceration? The stitches have been removed, and there is no sign of infection.
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A 36-year old female asked:
Orthopedic surgeon removed flexor digitorum superficialis during surgery for a pinky laceration. I was never told before surgery that this was a possibility and was never told afterward that it had been done or why. Do I have any recourse?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Is povidone iodine, polysporin and a bandage appropriate for horizontal nail bed laceration? Wound care took place following morning. (~8hrs after) at home. Nail is still attached. Cut downwards at an angle by razor, bleeding desisted within 1-2min?
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