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A 34-year old asked:
If we treat my child's puncture wound of the toe will it be gone, or do I need to keep worrying?
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A 39-year old asked:
Above my third toe is a puncture wound that won't heal. What should I do?
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A 40-year old asked:
What is the best treatment for puncture wound of toe? Its not bleeding.
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A 42-year old female asked:
Small(not deep) puncture wound on side of big toe from clean piece of metal. Flushed it & antibio ointment. Last Tetanus in '09. Do I need another?
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A member asked:
Help with my small puncture wound? Earlier today (around 5+ hours ago) a small thorn-like object punctured the bottom of my toe, right at the bend. It bled for a couple minutes, and i made sure there was no remaining bits of the thorn in my foot, cleaned
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A 53-year old female asked:
A small(maybe "sewing"?)needle stuck into my toe from below my flipflop.My puncture was tiny&didn't bleed.I put ethyl alcohol 70% on the wound(almost unnoticeable)&then Aloe Vera gel.Are they enough to keep my puncture from being infected or Tetanus?
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A 43-year old asked:
How do you take care of a puncture wound on sole of your foot?
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A 25-year old asked:
How do you treat puncture wound of the foot?
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A 24-year old asked:
What puts someone at risk for puncture wound of the foot?
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A 31-year old asked:
What can I do about a puncture wound on the bottom of my foot?
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A 31-year old asked:
Is it normal for a sewing needle foot puncture wound to take a long time to heal?
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A 36-year old asked:
I have a very good health food store with a knowledgeable owner. If she suggests a certain root or herb, can I use it safely for puncture wound of the foot?
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A 33-year old asked:
What happens if I get a puncture wound on my foot?
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A 36-year old asked:
For how long for a puncture wound to the foot to heal without antibiotics?
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A 44-year old male asked:
Pinprick puncture wound to foot outside with rusty safety pin. Immediately followed by ER trip and tetanus booster. Risk?
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A 33-year old female asked:
So I have a puncture wound on bottom of foot size of a tiny freckle. I think something is in the wound. How do I get it out? I have it wrapped with gauze and tape right now but i would like to get the foreign object out very tiny?
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A 33-year old asked:
I got a puncture wound on my foot from the wire on a tomato cage. I washed with soap, poured peroxide on it and put a bandage. What else should I do?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Cut myself on an old dusty blind, cut myself lightly, not a very punctured wound on my foot, just a bit of a scratch, should I get a tetanus shot. It was indoors . I dont think I had one since I was a young young girl?
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A 32-year old asked:
I have blood poisoning(red line) growing from foot from puncture wound in foot, what to do?
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A 27-year old male asked:
15 days after nail puncture in foot - foot is slightly puffy and minorly sore - no other problems. Is this normal course of healing for this wound?
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A 24-year old asked:
I have a bite on my foot that has swollen, my foot has ballooned and it's black around puncture wound, on antibiotics for last 24hrs but no different?
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A 36-year old male asked:
I am experiencing foot numbness and pins and needles 5 weeks after puncture wound injury to ball of foot. Is this normal?
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A 17-year old male asked about a 18-year old male:
Why didn't my nail puncture wound bleed? It was a rusty nail and went deep into the foot through my shoe - last tetanus 3 years ago?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Dirty nail puncture wound seemed to heal well with antibiotics. now, 4months later, it is painful to walk, especially when i am flexing my foot. why?
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A 29-year old asked:
What is the best way to cure open wound between toes?
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A 47-year old asked:
What can I do about a wound I have in between my fourth and fifth toe?
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A 39-year old male asked:
I accidentally had a wound with a hole that is around 2 to 3 mm under my big toe how can i heal it faster?
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A 32-year old female asked about a 38-year old male:
In the small toe there is a fungus but it turned into a deep opening like a wound how should it be treated?
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A 29-year old female asked:
My toes are getting hurt when using shoes, they bumo into esch other and make a small wound in one of my toes?
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A 52-year old female asked:
With toe wrapped for a planter plate tear is it normal the toe next to it still V shaped ? Wrap both of them ? Suggestions thank you?
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