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14 Jul 2010
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Hand Swelling
My husbands hand is swelling badly after it got pricked while trimming a palm tree with sharp leaves. What should i do?
CyberDoc
Hallo Mandy
He may have cellulitis in the hand - please let him go to a doctor to get antibiotics asap as they can develop an abcess with serious damage to the tendons and nerves of the hand
Dr Bets
He may have cellulitis in the hand - please let him go to a doctor to get antibiotics asap as they can develop an abcess with serious damage to the tendons and nerves of the hand
Dr Bets
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