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07-04-2015, 09:18 PM #1
Infected cut (I think) swelling worse after starting antibiotics
So I noticed my finger slightly swollen and tender the other day. It didn't fee broken (have lots of experience there) so I thought that maybe it was a cut that had got infected. Waited 2 days and it got slightly worse. Went to the doc and got an script for 1g cephalexin every 8 hours. I've been doing that for three days now and the finger is a lot worse looking. It's no longer tender on the underside as it was before but it's swollen as hell near the nail. Is this normal? Should I go back to the doc?
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07-04-2015, 09:41 PM #2Registered User
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Her you go...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paronychia
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07-04-2015, 10:18 PM #3
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07-05-2015, 08:05 AM #4
If it isnt getting better, a simple cut to open it will release the pus
picador
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07-05-2015, 09:40 AM #5
I had an abscess in my finger last summer.
Don't fuck around with it. Fingers are too tender plus I almost died from mine.But Ellen kicks ass - if she had a beard it would be much more haggard. -Jer
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07-05-2015, 10:22 AM #6Registered User
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Soak it insideher.
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07-05-2015, 10:51 AM #7
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07-05-2015, 11:17 AM #8
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07-05-2015, 11:20 AM #9
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07-05-2015, 12:06 PM #10
Just cut it off, it'll grow back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azalVaBknwA
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07-05-2015, 02:40 PM #11
Paronychia sounds like kewl name for a sammich
watch out for snakes
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07-05-2015, 08:04 PM #12
Nope--paronychia. ian and jon had it right. And FWIW Chugached had a felon, much more serious.
If the doc that drained the paronychia was a GP/family doc I'm impressed. If he/she was an internist and didn't faint at the sight of blood I'm really impressed. If he was a pediatrician isn't it time you started seeing an adult doc?Last edited by old goat; 07-06-2015 at 10:09 PM.
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07-05-2015, 09:57 PM #13
I had a felon for sure. Through the dermis and everything. That hole was almost to bone. Finger infections scare the crap out of me now.
But Ellen kicks ass - if she had a beard it would be much more haggard. -Jer
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