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Leg cut
Leg cut = laceration of lower extremity.
Dr. Heidi Fowler reviewed this
27 year experience in Psychiatry
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A 33-year old asked:
Is someone able to be hired who has had a leg cut off?
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A 39-year old asked:
What is the treatment for leg cut?
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A 35-year old female asked:
My son has a small lump under his skin on his chest. It appears purple like a bruise . He had one on his leg +cut it open, inside was a black round ?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Need assistance on a leg wound/cut from a bike fall. Not sure what the signs of an infection would be ?
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A 29-year old male asked:
Can i drink nutrilite protine powder while I have a dibetic foot and also left leg is cut off?
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A 49-year old asked:
What is the best way to repair a deeply cut leg?
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A 32-year old male asked:
Cut leg 4 weeks ago. Healing, but flesh inside cut is 'popping out' of wound. What is the significance? Used bacitraition, bandages and ACE bandage wrap.
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A 36-year old asked:
If I pee on my cut leg, is that a good antiseptic?
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A member asked about a 56-year old female:
My grandma cut her leg now it's leaking fluid?
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A 40-year old asked:
Please help me! i cut my leg last night and i'm scared! do I tell my mom!?
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A 23-year old female asked:
A week ago, while I was shaving I accidentally cut my leg. I believe I have an infection, what should I treat my cut with?
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A 40-year old female asked:
I cut my leg shaving about 3 weeks ago. It is not infected, just very pink- how long does it take for the pinkness to go away? Will it be pink always
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A 37-year old asked:
What to do if I cut my leg on purpose, now I have a huge gash?
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A member asked:
I cut my leg deeply while shaving. It is yellowish white now and oozes at times. What should I do? What is the best way to care for the wound?
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A 35-year old asked:
Could I get any infections if I got cut on leg from sharp piece of metal (not rusty?
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A 23-year old female asked:
I cut my leg shaving 4 days ago. The cut was deep. Teo days later i noticed my ancle was swollen and red. What could it be?
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A female asked:
Grandma 92yo does dialysis and takes medicine. She has pain in her leg and doctors suggested to cut her leg. It is very risky! what should we do?
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A 35-year old female asked:
My husband cut his leg with glass yesterday. We cleaned and dressed it but it doesn't look like it's healing. How do we know if if needs stitches?
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A 19-year old female asked:
I cut my leg shaving five years ago, and a few months ago I got bug bites. They havent healed, I pick them every few months but they scab over again.
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A member asked:
My daughter cut her leg swinging on a rope in a lake ever since this has happened she has had hives it has been 3 months nothing is helping could she?
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A 17-year old male asked:
So 2 days ago a exacto knife accidentally cut my leg since then Ive been short of breathe off and on do I have teatnus I got vaccinated as a child?
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A 37-year old asked:
What to do if i cut my leg really bad while shaving help?
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A 19-year old male asked:
I cut my leg open in work today from a broken sharp tile it's only small but what would happen if I had some tile chipping stuck in the cut?
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A 25-year old female asked:
TSS from shaving? Cut my leg shaving and won't stop bleeding. cleaned with alcohol and held pressure. bandaged. help :(
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A 28-year old female asked:
15 month old fell off bed hit edge of piano leg. 1/2 inch cut to back curve of head. Bled a lot but stopped. Playful for hours. Now asleep. Worry?
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A 43-year old asked:
What happens if you have bone cancer is it possible that they would cut your leg off?
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A 21-year old male asked:
Slipped down hill cut in leg something went in deep pulled it out small puncture lots blood pain don't want to go to ER scared muscle twich inlegswel?
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A 20-year old male asked:
Little cut on leg red rash around it little puss with little puss filled bumps around it?
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A 20-year old male asked:
Cut on leg red sore puss with little puss filled bumps around it?
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A 17-year old male asked:
I cut my leg and upper arm, less than an inch thick at a construction site on wires. Should i see a doctor?
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