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Abrasions Home Care: Warning Signs

Notify your doctor for abrasions and any of the following:

Pus draining from the abrasion
Red streaks that spread from the abrasion:

Lymphangitis of the arm
Lymphangitis of the back of the leg
Lymphangitis of the hand from a finger wound

Fever over 101 degrees F (38.3 C)
Worsening skin redness and pain around the abrasion:

Cellulitis of the arm
Cellulitis of the hand
Cellulitis of the leg
Cellulitis of the foot

Worsening swelling around the abrasion
Worsening pain around the abrasion
Worsening bleeding
You have a dirty abrasion and you have not had a tetanus booster within 5 years
You have not had a tetanus booster within 10 years
Your wound contains a foreign body

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Last Updated: Oct 31, 2008 References

Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD

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